By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai When the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council opened in Geneva on February 23, 2026, the tone set by global leaders was unusually stark. Their warnings were not rhetorical flourishes. They were an alarm about a world in which the very foundations of human rights—carefully constructed after the devastation of World War II—are increasingly under strain. Ambassador Sid ...

by Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai At the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, reaffirmed India’s commitment to democracy, pluralism, and the protection of human rights. Shortly thereafter, India’s delegate, Ms. Annupama Singh, reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and will remain an integral and inalienable part of India,” asserti ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman World Forum for Peace & Justice The United Nations Commission on Human Rights held sixty-two sessions in Geneva until it was replaced in 2006 by the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Human Rights Council is now holding its sixty-first session in Geneva, Switzerland under the presidency of Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro of Indonesia, from today, February 23 to March 3 ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Crimes against humanity represent one of the most serious affronts to human dignity and collective conscience. They embody patterns of widespread or systematic violence directed against civilian populations — including murder, enforced disappearances, torture, persecution, sexual violence, deportation, and other inhumane acts that shock the moral order of humanity. The United Nations ...

bY Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan's Frailties Until the first decade of May 2025, the national atmosphere was weighed down by uncertainty and apprehension. The negative effects of elite capture, political polarisation and political instability fanned by PTI after its ouster from power, made the economy frail. The parliamentary, judicial and constitutional crises, widening gulf between the rich and poor accentuat ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai India is celebrating its 77th Republic Day to honor a constitution that came into force on January 26, 1950. Yet for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, this celebration has little meaning. The world’s largest self-proclaimed democracy has never extended the same democratic rights to Kashmir that it celebrates elsewhere. Just two years before India adopted its Constitution, the United Na ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai January should have been a month of hope for the people of Kashmir. It was in January 5, 1949 when the United Nations established that the final status of the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall be determined in accordance with the will of the people, expressed through a free and impartial plebiscite conducted under the auspices of the United Nations. And again in January 24, 1957 the Un ...

By Asif Haroon Raja An Indian intelligence operative, Ajay Kumar, operated under the assumed identity of Dr. Ajay Dutta while posing as a representative of a humanitarian NGO named Silk Horizon. Publicly, the organization claimed involvement in clean-water projects for underdeveloped communities. Silk Horizon’s declared mission was to dig clean-water wells in underdeveloped villages, but behind the scenes i ...