Legal
forum for oppressed voices of Kashmir (LFOVK) wrote a Legal Memorandum to the
United Nation Secretary-General (UNSG) and all Members of the United Nations
Security Council (UNSC) requesting an urgent
and immediate Intervention in the Illegal Annexation of Disputed Jammu and
Kashmir by India.
The memorandum recaps about the final status of the former princedom of
Jammu and Kashmir has remained unsettled since 1947. The state of Jammu and
Kashmir before the partition of India and Pakistan was princely sovereign
statehood with its independent legislative, executive and judicial
institutions.
LFOVK in its appeal urged UNSC and UNSG
that Indian action of annexing Jammu Kashmir and incorporating as Union
Territory has blatantly violated the International law.
Citing the example of governing Israel
illegal de jure Annexation of Golan Heights and Jerusalem,
this Indian law which unlawfully annexed Jammu Kashmir is also to be seen as
null and void and lacks any legal effect.
Director LFOVK, Advocate Nasir Qadri,
while commenting on memorandum said, “We urge UNSC and UNSG that Government of India
shall comply with its international obligations in Occupied Kashmir pursuant to
UNSC Resolution and other bilateral treaties and international covenants.”
The memorandum requests UNSC and UNSG
to refer this case of illegal annexation and demographic change in disputed
Jammu Kashmir for Advisory opinion to International Court of Justice (ICJ),
ensure independent war crime tribunal for disputed Jammu Kashmir, and
government of India should respect and protect the fundamental rights of the
people of Occupied Jammu Kashmir, including freedom of speech and expression
The memorandum is signed by at least 50 persons with
different backgrounds, which include Former chief Justice Gambia and International Judge of the UN
at The Hague: Chief justice (R) Ali Nawaz Chowhan, Retired Chief Justice
Supreme Court of Azad Jammu Kashmir: Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Geelani,
Former Minister Azad Jammu Kashmir: Farzana Yaqoob, Head of Department Mass
communication NUML: Prof. Dr. Khalid Sultan, GM Robust Law Practice and
International law expert: Advocate Hassan Aslam Shad, Professor of Religion and
Global Politics University of Leeds: Dr. Junaid S. Ahmad, Associate Professor,
LUMS: Prof. Sikander Ahmed Shah and other human rights activists and lawyers
from different countries.
About LFOVK.
The
Legal forum for oppressed voices of Kashmir is an international, non-violent,
and legal organization. The aim of the organization is to defend the political,
social and human rights of Kashmir and to promote the UN sanctioned Right of
Self Determination. LFOVK works to address the consequences of marginalization,
working within its members to promote their democratic rights, to provide
information and to articulate creative and non - violent strategies for
resolving conflict. The mission of the organization is to access and ensure
involvement of world legal and civil organizations to address the growing humanitarian
crises in Indian occupied Kashmir.
The
organization advocates the Right of Self Determination and respect for human
rights in occupied Kashmir through legal research, documentation and capacity -
building to address, under the international law, the violations of individuals
and collective rights of Kashmiris.
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