Genocide in Kashmir: Right of Self-Determination, UNSC Resolutions and Holding India To Account Under International Humanitarian Law

Kashmir has been a flashpoint of conflict since independence from British rule in 1947 and the partition India into two states. These countries, India, Pakistan, have both claimed land on northern most sector Subcontinent focal point which is Valley Kashmir. The not domestic dispute or regional issue between protagonists but engages international law because human rights violations atrocities committed that engaged humanitarian law. occupation by was controversial start as it went against aspirations population who had close affinity kinship with Pakistan. United Nations Security Council mandated referendum to decide future territory divided Line Control, military boundary, refused implement resolutions. Indian army cracked down under Special Powers Act 1958 various other opaque ordinances oppress population. final act this de facto transformed jure control Parliament when revoked Article 370 35 Constitution annexed placed lockdown disfranchised all political activity banned demographic changes underway government appointed India. pogroms forces gross abuses catalogued UN Human Rights reports implicate forces. argument paper there should be rigorous application war crimes tribunals invested prosecute officials for breaches established conduct non-international conflicts (NIC).