By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai When the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) opened its thirtieth session in Geneva on March 9, 2026 (will continue until March 19, 2026), it did so under a powerful and urgent slogan: “Victims First. Immediate Action.” The theme could not have been more timely. Across many regions of the world, enforced disappearances continue to devastate families and undermine ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai It is perfectly acceptable to be a dreamer. Throughout history, dreamers have inspired societies to imagine a better future—one defined by justice, dignity, and peace. But what becomes deeply troubling is when those dreams are imposed upon others as reality, even when the lived experiences of people suggest otherwise. A dream, when forced upon a population as truth, becomes a narrativ ...

کاش… میرے بیٹے۔       ایک اور سال۔ ایک اور رمضان۔ دنوں اور راتوں کا ایک اور سلسلہ جو یہ دنیا بے خبری میں گزارتی جا رہی ہے — اس بات سے بالکل بے پرواہ کہ میرے لیے وقت اسی لمحے رک گیا تھا جب تم نے یہ دنیا چھوڑی۔ کیلنڈر بدلتا ہے، موسم بدلتے ہیں، چہرے بدلتے ہیں — لیکن میرے سینے میں یہ درد؟ یہ وہیں ہے، بالکل وہیں جہاں تم اسے چھوڑ گئے تھے۔ اتنا ہی گہرا، جتنا اس دن تھا۔ ایک ماں یہ کیسے بیان ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The seventieth session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) opened on March 9, 2026, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Established in 1946 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Commission remains the world’s foremost intergovernmental body dedicated to advancing gender equality and protecting the rights of women and girls. ...

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 ...