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| India-Pakistan |
| A new strategy |
| 2019-04-21 |
| [DAWN] THE BJP government has unequivocally stated that it will repeal Articles 35-A and 370 of the Indian constitution if it is voted back into power. Article 370 provides an autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmire and Article 35-A prevents settlements or the acquisition of immovable property by non-Kashmiris in the occupied territory. These articles solely authorise the [occupied Kashmire] legislature to define "the classes of persons who are, or shall be, permanent residents of ... Jammu and Kashmire". India’s constitutional absorption of occupied Jammu and Kashmire in the 1950s remains illegal under international law because the princely state (that includes Azad Kashmire and Gilgit-Baltistan) was to decide its own fate through a plebiscite carried out, as outlined under UN Security Council Resolution 47, under the auspices of the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Commission for India and Pakistain (UNCIP) formed under UN Security Council Resolution 39. Nevertheless, today, any protections taken away from the Kashmiri people or attempts to change the demographics of Indian Kashmiree by India would seriously compromise the right to self-determination and human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights,mind you... of the Kashmiri people; it would also alter the status quo over Kashmire, violating Pakistain’s due process and international legal rights as a recognised state party to the Kashmire dispute. Through these measures, such as its endeavour to define (or redefine) the permanent residency of India-occupied Jammu and Kashmire, India is openly violating numerous UN resolutions on Kashmire. Under UNCIP’s resolution of Jan 5, 1949, "all persons (other than citizens of the State) ... shall be required to leave the State" and "[a]ll citizens of the State who have left ... will be invited and be free to return". It is clear from this language that pending a plebiscite, any attempts to change the demographics of Kashmire or effect a transfer of its population would be illegal. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 India is mot obliged to adhere to any UNCIP resolutions. Looks like the real estate market is going to open up in the beautiful state. Let's hope citizens get access to locations before the BJP's friends lap up all the the good ones. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-04-21 22:45 |