This report summarizes the OIC's Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission's fact-finding mission to assess the human rights situation in the Azad Kashmir portion of Pakistan-Administered Jammu and Kashmir and Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir.

Topics: observations/findings, violations of the right to self-determination, violations of the right to life, violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, violations of freedom of religion, violations of the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, protection against torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, measures to bring demographic changes in Indian-Administerd Jammu and Kashmir by the Indian government, forced separation of families, probes and inquiries, Line of Control (LOC) violations, state of refugees from Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir in Azad Kashmir

Terms: extrajudicial killings, fake encounters, Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Public Safety Act (PSA), rape, molestation

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