ICJ’s Submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Pakistan

Today, the ICJ made a submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan.

The submission brings to the attention of the members of the Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the UPR issues concerning:

  1. Trials of civilians by military tribunals;
  2. Enforced disappearances;
  3. Torture and other ill-treatment;
  4. Blasphemy laws; and
  5. International human rights instruments.

With respect to each of the above-mentioned concerns, the ICJ calls upon the Working Group on the UPR and the Human Rights Council to make a number of recommendations to the Pakistani authorities.

Pakistan-ICJ UPR-Advocacy-non-legal submissions-2017-ENG (full text in PDF)

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