- Pakistan strengthens guarantees to avoid torture.
- The victims offered legal, medical and psychological aid.
- FO calls for the responsibility of occupying powers.
Islamabad: Pakistan has expressed serious concerns about the continuous use of torture as an oppression tool in foreign occupation situations, in particular in the occupied Palestinian territory and the Jammu and the Kashmir of Indian origin (IIOJK).
In a statement published to mark the international day in favor of the victims of torture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the inhabitants of Palestine and Iiojk are subject to the worst forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatments or punishment.
Pakistan has reaffirmed its commitment to eradicate torture and maintain human dignity, noting that Islam confirms the sacredness and dignity of each human being, and considers torture incompatible with the values of justice, mercy and compassion.
Guided by its international values and obligations, Pakistan has declared that it continues to strengthen legal reforms, institutional guarantees and monitoring mechanisms to ensure responsibility and respect the rule of law.
The country also takes measures to provide the victims with medical, legal and psychosocial support.
Pakistan has urged the international community to condemn the crimes committed by occupying powers and to take action to end the suffering of the victims subjected to torture and oppression.
Since the unilateral revocation of the special Jammu and cashmere status in 2019, many accounts have emerged alleging serious violations of human rights and cases of torture and abuse by Indian forces in the occupied region.
Pakistan reiterated its commitment to present itself to the cashmere, extending diplomatic, political and moral support in their permanent struggle for the right to self -determination, in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.
Meanwhile, the Palestinians have faced a genocide in the hands of Israel for years and more recently, since the war broke out in October 2023, more than 56,000 people in Gaza were killed in the hands of the Israeli occupation forces.
The United Nations International Day to support the victims of torture on June 26 marks the time of 1987 when the United Nations Convention on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatments or sanctions has entered into force. Today, there are 174 state parties at the Convention.
