On 14th June 2018, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published a report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir.Following the outbreak of violence in Kashmir in 2016, the High Commissioner for Human Rights on numerous occasions requested the Governments of India and Pakistan that the Office be given unconditional access to Kashmir to assess the human rights situation. India rejected this request, while Pakistan offered access to the Office on the condition that India does the same. Therefore, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) undertook remote monitoring of the human rights situation. The ‘Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir: Developments in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir from June 2016 to April 2018, and General Human Rights Concerns in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan’ is the first report on the situation of human rights in Kashmir. Monday 1 October 2018
THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON KASHMIR
On 14th June 2018, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published a report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir.Following the outbreak of violence in Kashmir in 2016, the High Commissioner for Human Rights on numerous occasions requested the Governments of India and Pakistan that the Office be given unconditional access to Kashmir to assess the human rights situation. India rejected this request, while Pakistan offered access to the Office on the condition that India does the same. Therefore, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) undertook remote monitoring of the human rights situation. The ‘Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir: Developments in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir from June 2016 to April 2018, and General Human Rights Concerns in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan’ is the first report on the situation of human rights in Kashmir. 
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