The book is a comprehensive study on human rights in Kashmir in relation to the dynamics of Indo-Pakistani policies, providing a structured and interdisciplinary approach to the subject.
Whilst surveying some of the most appalling case studies of human rights abuses, the book offers a methodical analysis of the structural and structured human rights violations in the divided Kashmir and placing them in a much broader context of South Asian politics. The book examines root causes responsible for a human rights violations-prone environment and climate of impunity in which the actors perpetrate their crimes unpunished, unwrapping legal and extralegal nexus behind the crimes.
Human Rights Violations in Kashmir will appeal to students and scholars of peace and conflict studies, international relations, human rights studies and South Asian studies.
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| Acknowledgements |
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PART I Violations of human rights in Indian-administered Kashmir |
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2 Human rights in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir: Introduction |
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3 Selected root causes and the structure of human rights violations |
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3.1 Majoritarian Hindu nationalism |
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3.2 Militancy and Islamisation |
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3.3 Militarisation and armed forces impunity |
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3.4 The legal tools of impunity |
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4 Documentation of the human rights abuses |
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4.1 International reports on human rights violations |
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4.2 Local reports on human rights violations |
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5 Selected manifestations of the human rights violations in the Valley |
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5.1 Violence against women and children |
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5.3 Pellet-firing shotguns |
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68 | (1) |
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6 Human rights after Article 370 abrogation |
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6.1 A new chapter in Kashmir's history |
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6.2 The international organisations and states' response |
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6.3 Non-governmental organisations' response |
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6.4 Demographic change, land control and hydelpotential |
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7.1 Some narratives from Jammu and Ladakh |
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7.2 Post-2019 era: Jammu and Ladakh in new UT's |
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8 Concluding notes: Empower the people, expunge impunity |
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PART II Violations of human rights in Pakistani-administered Kashmir |
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9 The frameworks of impunity |
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9.1 Monitoring human rights |
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10 The structure of abuse |
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10.1 Denial of political rights |
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10.2 The denial of freedom of expression and related rights |
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10.3 Freedom of religion and belief restricted |
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10.4 The denial of the right to a dignified life and related rights |
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10.5 Land rights restricted |
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10.6 Cultural and other rights violated |
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10.7 Concluding remarks: own the territory, disown the population |
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Piotr Balcerowicz is Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland and Professor at the University of Munich, Germany. He specialises in Asian and Western philosophical traditions, in particular, Indian philosophies and religions, South Asian history, international relations, political philosophy and human rights. His latest book is Early Asceticism in India (Routledge, 2016).
Agnieszka Kuszewska, political scientist, is Associate Professor at the Jagiellonian University, Poland. She specialises in international relations, conflict and security studies, geostrategic specificity and contemporary history of South Asia. She is the author of three books, including Understanding Pakistan. Radicalization, terrorism and other challenges (2015).
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