Human Rights In Kashmir

EDM number 293 in 2015-16, proposed by Imran Hussain on 13/07/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Human rights.

That this House condemns all systematic human rights violations committed in Kashmir; calls on the Government to encourage the Indian government to abolish the Indian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act pronounced by several UN treaty bodies to be in violation of international law; further calls on the Government to encourage the Indian government to deliver a referendum on Kashmir as promised in 1948 to allow Kashmiri self-determination; and calls on the Government to work constructively with Pakistan, India and China to bring a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict in Kashmir.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.