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Syeda Mishal Zahra of the International Muslim Women\u2019s Union, addressing the humanitarian crisis facing vulnerable populations, focused on the plight of women and children.<\/p>\n
Zahra cited Indian Parliamentary data revealing that of the 509 missing minor girls reported in 2023, 300 remain unaccounted for. She also drew attention to the thousands of \u201chalf-widows\u201d\u2014women whose husbands remain among the more than 10,000 missing persons in the region.<\/p>\n
She further emphasized the severe mental health crisis resulting from prolonged conflict, citing a M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) survey indicating that 45 percent of adults in the Kashmir Valley experience significant mental distress, with high rates of depression (41pc), anxiety (26pc), and PTSD (19pc).<\/p>\n
Collectively, the three interventions called for the UNHRC to strengthen the implementation of the Vienna commitments. The speakers urged UN mechanisms to ensure that all policies in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir comply with international human rights law, specifically regarding the protection of women and children, the right to non-discrimination, and the guarantee of due process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Geneva,: In Geneva, speakers highlighted the deteriorating human rights situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Speakers during the 63rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) urged the international community to address systemic issues regarding land dispossession, socio-economic marginalization, and the profound psychological trauma affecting the region\u2019s population. Mohib Ali of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":212223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geneva"],"yoast_head":"\n
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