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Essay On Human Rights In Pakistan

Pakistan was created by the motive that everyone should live according to their will. The religion of Pakistan is Islam and it is not the religion of force. it is the religion of will. Since, the inception of Pakistan, it faced challenges regarding human rights, terrorism, tourism, internal and external security threats and sectarianism. The situation of human rights in Pakistan is complex due to large population, political uncertainty, feudalism etc. Keep on reading this essay on human rights in Pakistan.

The constitution of Pakistan provides fundamental rights to every citizen of Pakistan to, freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of religion and freedom of every legal activity. In Pakistan, an independent HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (HRC) is working for the development of human rights for the general public. In addition to this, the people of the country are facing some problems regarding their human rights. It is the era of electronic media and no one has the right to abuse someone for its own interests and benefits. This piece of writing will cover the challenges of human rights and also provide some remedial measures to overcome the issue of human rights in Pakistan.

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In Pakistan the feudal system has strong bases and they are not providing even the basic rights to the people of their own country.

• Extremists activities are increasing day by day and these are violating the conditions of basic human rights. Some religious extremists are molding the teachings of Islam for their own interests and benefits.
• Political anarchy is the basic hurdle in the process of human rights. The political parties are just fighting with each other and not providing the development to the people of country.
• Freedom of press is being suppressed through different means. The influential people are trying to mold it for their benefits. They don’t want to see the reality.
• The major cause in the low human rights provision is the weak judicial system. the judiciary is not fully independent. Similarly, few of them are the black sheep’s those are violating the basic rights of the people and letting the rich people to vanish the needy.
• Furthermore, the main drawback in the human rights system of Pakistan is the case of missing persons. No one knows where they gone. It is the duty of the government to find the missing persons.

At least, the women harassment is an illegal activity. According to a survey report, Pakistan is one of the 10 countries those are abusing women and not providing them basic rights. For example, on 9 October, 2012, Taliban attacked the young activist Malala Yousafzai for the sake of its work, betterment of women’s education.

To conclude, Pakistan is facing too many challenges regarding human rights internally and externally. But there is always a way to solve the problems. The government is working for the provision of better human rights. They are going to educate the masses so they help the others. In this way, time is not far away, that people of Pakistan should meet the standards of the international community regarding human rights and any other field of life.

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November 14th, 2022

The struggles, victories and debates on human rights in pakistan.

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Seventy-five isn’t too old in country years. It is a milestone nonetheless, one that compels a stock-taking of sorts. For human rights and civil liberties in Pakistan, the last 75 years have been a constant struggle.

Time as a milestone is an interesting analogy. Some other analogies immediately come to mind. I recently met Baba Jan , a political activist from Gilgit-Baltistan , who had to spend 10 years in prison on charges of being anti-State and inciting people against the government; he was originally sentenced to 71 years (yes, you read that right). Exactly three years ago, Idris Khattak , a political and human rights activist was abducted, charged with espionage eight months later under the Official Secrets Act and sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment by a military court. A few months on and Junaid Hafeez , a university lecturer, will have completed 10 years behind bars, mostly in solitary confinement, on charges of blasphemy. He is now sentenced to death, awaiting his appeal to be heard in the High Court.

Back to Pakistan at 75, and its struggle for rights going back to pre-1947 when India and Pakistan were one country.

Our guru on civil rights and liberties, I. A. Rehman , reminded us how the Nehru Committee , headed by Motilal Nehru , constituted in 1928 to draft a Constitution for united India by the Indians, wrote a chapter on fundamental rights in its report, including freedom of expression, association, assembly, movement and nationality. For students of the history in Pakistan, the Nehru Report was rejected by the Muslim League because it denied Muslims the 33 per cent share in the central legislature they were asking for. For these students, Jinnah’s Fourteen Points — presented as an answer to the Nehru Report as an alternative political strategy for Muslims — are of far greater value.

That human rights were very much a part of the independence struggle is what our guru was actually trying to tell us.

Once the decision on the partition of the Indian subcontinent was taken, the dynamics and priorities changed for the Muslim leadership. One of the first things done by the Constituent Assembly in Pakistan was to set up two committees, one to decide the basic principles of the Constitution, the other for fundamental rights of citizens and matters related to minorities. Jinnah chaired the second committee himself. This was 12 August 1947, days before Jinnah was sworn in as Governor-General. A lot of ground was covered by the Rights Committee in Jinnah’s lifetime and, even though the draft Constitution was not completed till 1956, the Constituent Assembly had accepted the chapter on fundamental rights by 1950.

Even before this was Jinnah’s famous 11 August speech — ‘You are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques…’ — where he laid the foundations of equal citizenship in a secular polity that he envisaged for the new country. Later, Pakistan under its foreign minister Sir Zafarullah Khan became one of the 48 countries that voted in favour of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations in 1948.

But wait. A little bit more of history is in order — to understand why it has been a constant struggle for rights in this country.

Equal citizenship and secular polity remained contested subjects from Day One. Months after Jinnah’s death, in March 1949, the Constituent Assembly passed a motion titled ‘Aims and Objectives of the Constitution’, famously known as the ‘ Objectives Resolution ’, which was vehemently opposed by all minority members who voted against it. They did not approve of the amalgamation of religion and politics written into the Objectives Resolution — individuals have religions, states don’t, they warned — and feared it will turn Pakistan into a theocracy.

Uttering these prophetic words, the minority members who could leave, left the country over time. The promise of equal citizenship dwindled, a Constitution was formalised in 1956 and abrogated in 1958 when the first Martial Law was declared , a centralised state was preferred over a decentralised one, and another Constitution brought in, in 1962.

The 1962 Constitution was a rarity in that it ignored the concept of justiciable fundamental rights. The then president General Ayub Khan paid no heed to the recommendation of its own, selected Constitution Commission — to retain the fundamental rights as provided in the 1956 Constitution. Instead, he turned them into Principles of law-making alone. In an overly insecure and highly centralised state, eight political leaders (all from East Pakistan) made a public statement demanding these rights to be restored in the 1962 Constitution and be made justiciable instead of as Principles of law-making.

The rights were eventually restored to the Constitution in early1964, with three exceptions: these will not be applicable on the military/defence forces and those maintaining law and order (just as it was in the 1956 Constitution); all laws passed after the imposition of Martial Law would not be declared void if they are in conflict with fundamental rights; and that these rights will not apply to the tribal areas.

The burden of a centralised state — from One-Unit politics to military action in East Pakistan to curb Bengali nationalism — eventually led to the dismemberment of Pakistan in 1971, 24 years after independence. The ethno-linguistic nationalities in smaller provinces in what remains of Pakistan reel under the same burden, despite the passage of the Eighteenth Constitutional Amendment which guarantees provincial autonomy.

The doings of military rules have haunted the country but the struggle for rights is on. It was during Ayub Khan’s military dictatorship when, through an Ordinance, a new section was introduced (Sec. 2(1) (d)) to the Army Act 1952 , which brought civilians within the scope of the Army Act for offences committed in relation to defence and security of Pakistan under the Official Secrets Act 1923. It is under this section that Idris Khattak was framed in 2019.

Today, everyone seems to rely on the chapter on fundamental rights in the 1973 Constitution as the ultimate handbook. Some of these rights are subject to ‘reasonable restrictions’ like ‘prejudicial to the integrity, security or defence of Pakistan’, ‘against public interest’, ‘prejudicial to sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan’, ‘glory of Islam’, ‘friendly relations with foreign states’, ‘public order, decency or morality’. The only absolute right in this chapter is about dignity of a person — one that the citizens are justified in finding as ‘absolutely’ ironic.

An oft-quoted phrase since its inception is how in Pakistan the rights given by one hand are then taken away by the other, referring to some provisions of the Constitution, laws and procedures that are used by state authorities to curb people’s rights. There is reference to colonial laws like the sedition law, laws against freedom of assembly, blasphemy laws, hate speech laws, Frontier Crimes Regulation (1901), etc. which were supplemented with post-colonial laws like the Prevention of Anti-National Activities Act , the Actions in Aid of Civil Power Regulations 2011, Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act , 2016, etc. Of the post-colonial laws, one which has been the broadest in scope in terms of its impact on fundamental rights is the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.

The context of this brief primer on Pakistan’s constitutional history and laws is important if we want to understand what defines the struggle for rights in this country. In my view, three forces, or contradictions if you like — the military in ascendancy over civilian forces, majoritarian religion prevailing over a secular state, and a centralised state gaining power over federation — define the polity and state of rights.

Often, the ascendant forces have acted in tandem. For instance, the Anti-Terrorism courts have not sufficed for incidents of terrorism and military courts with their propensity for summary justice have been offered as a solution, with Constitutional amendments (21 st Amendment, 2015 and 23 rd Amendment, 2017) effected to put them in place (even if for four years). There are times when state authorities have not let the laws prevent them from acting against citizens whom they perceive as acting against ‘national interest’ or when they feel the laws are a hindrance, a liability, that take too long a time to bear any result. Enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and torture by state authorities are handy tools that have been used with impunity. Sometimes, when the noise against the forcibly disappeared becomes too loud, they are brought into the fold of law bearing charges of sedition, espionage and even blasphemy (the last charge was slapped in the case of five bloggers who ‘disappeared’ from Punjab in early 2017).

A state wearing religion on its sleeve has remained unkind to minorities, beginning with the passing of the Objectives Resolution mentioned earlier. The abuse of rights ranges from violence against religious minorities to minority sects to women to children to torture to abuses in the name of counter-terrorism. To list them all is not the intention here because any list will always leave some out.

Alongside the constitutional and legal battle for fundamental rights, which began early on, were women’s, students’ and labour movements since the 1950s and 1960s, albeit in silos. Add to these the fight for civil and political rights spearheaded by journalists and lawyers. Women protested under the Women’s Action Forum (WAF) against the discriminatory laws during Zia ul Haq ’s draconian military rule.

However, when Martial Law was lifted in 1985, it opened up the possibility of a wider movement on human rights which consolidated all the individual struggles. That is when lawyers Asma Jahangir , Hina Jilani and a few like-minded people from amongst lawyers, retired judges, journalists and academics gathered to lay the foundation of a Human Rights Commission. They travelled across the length and breadth of the country to invite people to become members of this civil society-led Commission. In 1986, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) started its work, which was ambitious to begin with: it aimed to keep a record of all human rights violations, ranging from civil and political to economic, social and cultural, conduct fact-finding missions, produce authentic reports, do advocacy and lobbying, synchronise the local human rights debate with the one happening on the international scene, remind the Pakistani government of its international obligations, push for a National Commission on human rights, and so on.

Thanks to HRCP and its thousands of volunteers across Pakistan, there is now a human rights edifice in place, including but not limited to a range of civil society organisations doing stellar work, a Ministry of Human Rights in the central government as well as in the provinces, parliamentary committees on human rights, a statutory National Commission on Human Rights, statutory commissions on women and children, and a commission of sorts on minorities.

Today, human rights get spoken about. Yet, not only is the country still far from Jinnah’s vision of equal citizenship in a secular state, one isn’t sure if it is even geared in that direction. Just by way of example, a unique though imperfect law for the protection of transgender persons was passed in 2018, with corresponding provincial legislations being in the process of being presented as bills when, in recent months, obscurantist forces unleashed their hate campaign against the law, making the community more vulnerable than before. On the flip side, there is more public debate on the issue.

Seventy-five years, and the struggle for rights is still on.

The views expressed here are those of the author and not those of the ‘South Asia @ LSE’ blog, the LSE South Asia Centre or the London School of Economics and Political Science.  

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Farah Zia is a journalist, former Editor of ‘The News on Sunday’, human rights campaigner and currently Director, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. 

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Minority rights in Pakistan: Challenges and Solutions

Naveed Ahmad

The hue and cry on the violation of minority rights, soon after independence, emerged as a fuzzy whimpering, gradually gained a crescendo and over the decades, it has snowballed into major crises and have become a popular frenzy. The popular underprivileged sloganeering of Muslims of pre-independence evaporated soon after the independence. Since then, minorities in Pakistan have been subjected to social, political, economic and educational discrimination. Nevertheless, provisions through gradual constitutional development and changing composure of collective mindset, along with the evolution of liberal think tank in the region, the otherwise compromised rights of minorities have earned social and legal acceptance to some extent. However, there are pervasive social and moral anomalies still existent in society, which barricades the notion of mutual co-existence.

Pakistan, since its inception, came into being with a popular ideology of equal citizenry. Muslims being a minority in united India, found the motivation to craft the ideology of Pakistan as an all-embracing, irrespective of religion, caste and creed. Contrary to this, the lateral developments in Pakistan enveloped the reservations of minorities in fog. The emphasis of founding fathers of Pakistan with special regards to minorities became a myth and Qaid’s unwavering cry of religious, social and economic freedom to minorities faded away.

The famous entitlement of Muhammad Ali Jinnah as the ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity by Sarojni naidu was incomplete. Jinnah, along with this, was an ambassador of the rights of minorities as well. It was Jinnah’s sane mind behind the construct of his fourteen points, Lakhna-o-pact and Delhi Muslim proposals which promised special rights to minorities. It was Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, who appointed Jughander nath mandal, a shoodher and untouchable in Hindu society, to chair the first ever constituent assembly of Pakistan. It was Jinnah, who, in his first speech after independence, echoed an unequivocal and open national narrative that reads;

“You are free. You are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed that has nothing to with the business of the state”.

In a similar token, para(3) of Lahore resolution 1940 acknowledges that, no bill without the effective, adequate and mandatory safeguards will be accepted, having not specifically provided for the minorities, for the protection of social, political, religious and cultural rights in consultation with them. Likewise, it was sir Zafar ullah khan, former foreign minister of Pakistan and an Ahmedi by religion, who wrote the Lahore declaration and it was presented by A.K Fazal-ul-haq, a Bengali. This is how the founding fathers of Pakistan treated the minorities.

After the independence of Pakistan, particularly during the infamous regime of general Zia-ul-haq, the notorious efforts to craft the meaning of Pakistan from the fundamental Islamic credo started. The unchecked Islamization narrative of state disregarded the reservations of religious minorities in Pakistan. Since then, the plight of minorities with regards to religious liberty in particular and social acceptance in general has been an unsettling worry. The article 9 of the constitution of Pakistan promises the right to life and security. It maintains that, its state’s duty to safeguard the life of minorities. However, the provision could not provide any pragmatic value to resolve the issues of minorities. The joseph street incident (2013) that set ablaze an entire street of Christians in Lahore, stemming from unfounded blasphemy accusation, with many burnt alive and a similar incident in gojra, to count few, reflect the challenging life of minorities in Pakistan.

As a matter of fact, there are many provisions in legal and constitutional framework of Pakistan with special concerns to minorities. But, more than the textual acknowledgement, practical outcomes are important and that’s where both government and the society has failed to render fruitful outcomes. For instance, Article 14 of constitution of Pakistan lays great stress on the inviolability of the dignity. However, minorities like Christians have been labelled with and particularized for certain degraded jobs like sanitation. Moreover, Article 10 of the constitution necessitates free and fair trial for every individual, whereas minorities have been unable to extract any good from this provision owing to unchallenged might of religious majorities.

In a similar token, the constitutional non-compliance and ignorant outlook of citizenry has created an impasse in the implementation of special laws for minorities. As an example, Article 24 of the constitution gives the right to buy and sell property. However, minorities have been at challenge to enjoy this right. For instance, last year, a Christian was brutally killed for purchasing a house in a sunni majority area in Peshawar. Similarly, the management of religious institutions through Article 22, has been at the disposal of religious superiors of the religion while the minorities have been suffering from the same because of prevailed religious intolerance. Likewise, in the recent Karak incident, where a temple was set ablaze, killing of Cristian minorities, murder of an accused blasphemer in day light and that too in the court, forced marriages and forced conversion have furthered the worsening situation and have pressed the screws on the already festering wounds of minorities.

Nevertheless, there are many initiative and positive features that became a part of governance and judicial system, worthy of applaud. To count few, Pakistan is one of the Muslim countries where a chief justice of Pakistan can be a non-Muslim. For example, Justice Rana Rhagwan Daas and Justice Alvin Robert Cornelius were the acumens of their time in judiciary of Pakistan. Likewise, Pakistan is one of the few countries where minorities have specified quota in national assembly and reserved seats in senate. Moreover, in competitive exams, both at provincial and combined level, minorities have special quota. Similarly, minorities enjoy special quota in armed services and professional fields like medical sciences and engineering.

On the other hand, Pakistan is the only country where Hindu and Sikh marriage act exists separately. Even in India, Sikhs in Hindu majority areas do not possess this kind of legal provision on marriages and need special registration. Likewise, regarding liberty of expression, Pakistan Cristian’s post, a daily newspaper in Pakistan, highlights issues, reservations and challenges to Cristian community.

Nevertheless, there are rather bigger challenges which need to be dealt first for a mutually harmonized society. For instance, it is highly pertinent to inject the spirit and emotion of acceptance of minorities in the hearts of common populace. Moreover, all the gazzetted holidays for minorities which have been stopped must be renewed to show the world that we are an inclusive nation, where the rights of minorities are protected. The representation of minorities must be increased in comparison to their population in national assembly. Pakistan has a single ministry for minority affairs and there is a high need to increase the ministries for minorities to empower them.

Likewise, minorities must have their proper political representation. In this regards, political parties must understand the need of minority empowerment and provide more tickets to minorities to contest elections. More than that, awareness at local level and eradicating the odds that hinder the bigger cause of humanity are important. The seats in national assembly, quota in jobs and army cannot be enhanced without knowing the exact population of minorities in Pakistan. However, population of minorities in Pakistan after 2017 census has not been released by government. Government must unveil the census report so that proper framework would be made to address the issues and to enhance the spectrum of quota of minorities in accordance with their exact population at every level.

Similarly, Pakistan should adopt a comprehensive law to address all forms of discriminations against minorities. There is high need to properly implement the existing laws aimed at protecting the rights of minorities. The legal system and law and order must comply with the fundamental human rights with special regards to minorities incorporated in constitution (Article 8-28). Most importantly proper implementation of the provisions of constitution in true letter and spirit is important.

On the whole, although minorities in Pakistan have been suffering owing to the lack of proper implementation of law and order and at the same time due to evolving violent attire of religious hard-liners, yet there is a lot to hope from the government as it has, to some extent, managed to provide important services towards religious liberty in Pakistan. The evolving liberal society bodes the hope for collective acceptance. Despite the fact that the minorities have been subjected to terror, deemed lesser citizens, killed and harassed and their places of worships demolished and set ablaze, there have been gradual developments in governance, constitution, law and order and the social composure that has gradually started to accept the minorities as equal citizens of Pakistan.

The contributor is a former CCO of “Wall of Hope” and a Graduate in Economics of GCU, Lahore.

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Pak "Rarely" Punished Officials Violating Human Rights: US Report

The report also criticised the Pakistani government for its limited efforts to address these abuses, leading to ongoing concerns about accountability and justice.

Pakistan faces a range of significant human rights challenges, including unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, harsh prison conditions, arbitrary detention, and restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom, a US report noted.

The US released a report "2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices" on Tuesday, highlighting the human rights abuses in various countries.

"Promoting respect for human rights and defending fundamental freedoms is central to who we are as a country. The United States will always support those around the world struggling for human dignity and liberty," the US State Department stated.

The 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices -- required by US law to be submitted to Congress, documents the status of respect for human rights and worker rights in nearly 200 countries and territories.

Some of the significant human rights issues in Pakistan included credible reports of, unlawful or arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearance; degrading treatment or punishment by the government or its agents; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary detention; political prisoners and transnational repression against individuals in another country.

It further included unlawful civilian deaths and enforced disappearance; serious restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom, including violence against journalists, unjustified arrests and disappearances of journalists; serious restrictions on internet freedom; restrictions of religious freedom; serious government corruption; serious government restrictions on domestic and international human rights organisations; crimes involving violence or threats of violence targeting members of religious, racial and ethnic minorities including members of the Pashtun and Hazara communities and threats of violence motivated by antisemitism.

However, "the government rarely took credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses," the report stated.

Highlighting arbitrary and unlawful killings, the report stated that the human rights organisations claimed that the government agents continued the policy of "kill and dump" in Balochistan, where dissidents were kidnapped, tortured, and killed.

"Security forces reportedly committed extrajudicial killings in connection with conflicts throughout the country," the report stated.

Moreover, there was a significant increase in attacks against police and security forces.

According to the independent think tank Center for Research and Security Studies, there were at least 386 reported deaths of police and military personnel in terrorist attacks and counterterror operations during the first three quarters of 2023.

Additionally, the number of attacks and casualties was higher than in 2022 or 2021.

Another ongoing human rights concern in Pakistan includes "Disappearances". According to Human rights organisations, the authorities arrested and caused the disappearance of Pashtun, Sindhi, and Baloch human rights activists, as well as Sindhi and Baloch nationalists, without cause or warrant.

They also alleged that the children were detained to pressure their parents.

Reportedly, activists claimed 500 Sindhis were missing, with more than 142 disappearing in 2022 alone. The Voice for Sindhi Missing Persons reported 80 Sindhi persons disappeared in Sindh Province alone between January and August.

Meanwhile, activists said most of the victims were affiliated with Sindhi nationalist parties, according to the report.

"According to the nongovernmental organisation (NGO) Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, 177 Baloch persons disappeared in the province between January and July, with an alleged 6,808 persons forcibly disappeared since 2000. The Human Rights Council of Balochistan claimed 351 individuals were forcibly disappeared (including 63 students)," the report noted.

Pakistan has been significantly witnessing cases of arbitrary detention. According to the US report, police reportedly detained individuals to extort bribes for their release or detained relatives of wanted individuals to compel suspects to surrender.

Specifically, ethnic minorities, stateless persons, Afghans, and refugees in the country who lacked official identification documents reported arbitrary arrests, requests for bribes, and harassment by police authorities.

"Afghans, including those legally present and documented, and stateless populations alleged police routinely arrested relatives for the sole purpose of obtaining bribes from family and community members," the report stated.

Balochistan human rights groups asserted that the police engaged in hostage arrests, the practice of detaining family members of wanted individuals.

'They reported siblings and parents were most commonly arrested to provide leverage against Baloch nationalists in hiding," the report added.

The freedom of speech has been affected in Pakistan for years. The journalists suffered high levels of violence, or threats of violence, from state and non-state actors, including political parties.

However, the law permitted citizens to criticise the government publicly or privately, but court decisions interpreted the constitution as prohibiting criticism of the military and judiciary.

"In urban and rural areas, journalists continued to face serious crimes, including a report of an acid attack on a woman media worker. According to Freedom Network, a domestic media rights watchdog that tracks violence against journalists and attacks on freedom of expression, between May 2022 and March, there were 140 cases of attacks and other forms of violence against journalists and other media workers," the report stressed.

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The report added, "Both local and foreign journalists reported harassment and intimidation by government officials. Blasphemy and anti-Ahmadi laws (laws prohibiting Ahmadis from self-identifying as Muslims) restricted publication on these topics."

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Human Rights In Pakistan Essay

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If we talk about the human rights in Pakistan plus all the international and domestic human rights NGOs, the international and domestic press, and the documentation of the UN human rights mechanism are all found to be tremendously serious. There is no doubt about the fact that human rights in Pakistan are taking serious conditions that are taking the shape of violation. Some people are not well aware of the actual meaning of human rights. In Pakistan, Human Rights have become an issue of Pakistan more than a campaign that starts from the upper level to the lower. In this way the part of our government is miserable as well we common public is also not compromising with the government somewhere. So how we can provide the real rights of a man and woman and a child is the real purpose of this essay.

To every people who are a permanent resident in Pakistan, the constitution provides some fundamental rights like Education, etc. All information regarding Human Rights in Pakistan is given below.

What are Human Rights?

If we define human rights then it is mainly taken as the rights of the citizens that are violated by the state or the agents of the state or by persons commissioned by the agents of the state. Well, some countries have their own definition of defining human rights that mainly depends on the situation. If we talk about Pakistan then one of the biggest human rights violations in Pakistan is taken as the rejection by the state of the rights of citizens of the country in the categories of education, food, housing, and health facilities. In the sections of the civil and political front Pakistan is trying to face the rights of minorities, the rights of women, the rights of children, freedom of judiciary, arbitrary custody, extra-judicial and summary execution, pain, and custodial deaths.

How To Treat Human Rights in Pakistan?

• It has been so far found that almost 30,000 women die every year in Pakistan just because of the difficulties that are being found in delivery and thousands of others develop life-long disability. The majority of the women take place because of pregnancy-related problems.
• W all know that poor conditions of the human rights of Pakistan were witnessed at the time of UNDP’s gender-related development index (GDI) in the year 2005 in which Pakistan was spotted among 135 out of 174 countries.
• Moreover, it has been captured that almost 25 percent of children were born in the company of low birth weight just because of maternal problems.
• Some people are not aware of the fact that malnutrition is known as one of the main public health problems in Pakistan.

So this was all about the condition of human rights in Pakistan! Do you actually believe that in Pakistan the situation of human rights is so poor? This is complete info about Human Rights In Pakistan Essay.

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Humans Rights Violations And Violation Of Human Rights In Pakistan

1 INTRODUCTION This report is about the “Human rights” and “Violation of Human rights in Pakistan”. Humans are born with equal rights, every person on this planet have its own rights. Human rights should be the same for all people no matter what their background is. They have their own rights which are same as our rights and they must be respected by each of us. Everyone possess the same fundamental rights like food, shelter, health, security, safety, liberty, right to education, freedom to live, thought, move and many more and these rights must be respected protected by each of us. But in reality millions of humans are violated all over the world. Especially in Pakistan the rate of human rights violation is very high. Over 8,500 human rights violations reported in last 20 months. These include incidents of acid burning, burning, domestic violence, honor killings, kidnappings, missing persons, police-related and prison-related violations, rape, targeted killings, violence against children and women. [1] 1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM This study is designed to analyze the impact of human rights violation on people. 1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY Purpose of this report is to know that how much people around us knows about the rights which they possess. To tell them that everyone has the right to live like a free human being. Fundamental Rights are guaranteed in the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973. According to this constitute everyone has the right

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Human Rights Violation Essay Sample, with Outline

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Human Rights Violation Essay Outline

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There is a general agreement that fundamental human rights and freedoms should be accorded to people no matter the situation or circumstance.

• These rights include but not limited to civil liberties, political rights and most important the right to life.
• A violation of human rights denies individuals their basic moral entitlements.
• Some of the universal human rights abuses and those termed as crimes against humanity include, ‘genocide, torture, slavery, rape, enforced sterilization, medical experimentation, and deliberate starvation’.

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In times of warfare, there is often a widespread violation of human, political, and fundamental rights.

• In such situations, the worst violation of human rights and specifically the right to life include massacres, starvation of people, and genocide.
• The murder of individuals and causing them bodily harm, prevention of birth, or forcibly transferring children is a violation of human rights.

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Sometimes women face the worst form of human right violation through rape or forced into prostitution.

• Crimes involving sexual mutilation, humiliation, and forced pregnancy are common.
• Another case of human violation among women is that of trafficking where they are transported to long distances for prostitution.

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The police are also notorious for violating basic human rights.

• The most common violation of basic human rights by the police is brutality.
• It is a dangerous human right violation since even though it is considered illegal, it can be carried out under the color of law.

Paragraph 6:

 Protection of Human rights

• The question that ought to be considered is how these rights should be protected.
• When it comes to crimes against humanity, there should be a humanitarian intervention.
• Although it is a highly protested debate, humanitarian intervention will go a long way in ensuring that people are not subjected to inhuman treatment.
• The international community should also ensure that international standards related to human rights are promoted without having an interest in a nation but for the sake of the suffering citizens.

Understanding one’s rights goes a long way in preventing human rights violations.

• The citizens of any nation should have adequate knowledge of their rights to ensure that they are not violated.
• It is often said that knowledge is power which means that when people possess knowledge concerning their rights, they will know when their rights are violated and where to go to seek redress.

Paragraph 7:

Due to globalization governments should revise their laws to fight against human rights violation.

• In the wake of the 21 st century, there has been an increase in trading activities across borders meaning that non-state actors are more involves in issues related to human rights.
• Although globalization has enhanced the ability to carry out activities beyond borders, some people have found loopholes where they can violate human rights.
• Governments should ensure that they close such loopholes by the formation of laws that acknowledge the world as a global village.

  Paragraph 8:

All governments across the world should put in place strict penalties against people that violate human rights.

• For instance, when it comes to police brutality, the government through its arms should ensure that people who suffer receive justice.
• A restate of the thesis statement
• A summary of the main points
• A take-away  statement  made based on presented facts or information  

Human rights violation essay instructions – ways through which human rights are violated and what can be done to ensure human rights are protected.

Human Rights Violation and Protection

In every society, there are fundamental rights and freedoms put in place. A human right is a moral principle or a norm that describes or sets specific standards of human behavior and protected in a country’s constitution. There is also the concept of natural rights. Defined, natural rights are those rights that are believed all human beings and animals are entitled to as provided by natural law. Society often views these rights to be inalienable, implying it is almost impossible to take them away. Noteworthy, life, liberty, and property are the most important natural rights. When the U.S. was declaring itself independent from the British, “life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness” were mentioned as the natural rights. The Declaration of the Rights of Man too espoused the idea.

Those who supported the idea, including Thomas Jefferson and John Locke, believed that the government has the purpose of protecting the natural rights of people through a social contract. In such a contract, members of a society implicitly agree to pursue social benefits through mutual cooperation. However, different actions and practices often lead to violation of these rights. A violation of human rights is dangerous and illegal in any society since it defeats the purpose the rights were established in the first place. The enforcement and upholding of human rights goes a long way in promoting justice, tolerance, mutual respect, and human dignity.

There is a general agreement that fundamental human rights and freedoms should be accorded to people no matter the situation or circumstance. These rights include but not limited to civil liberties, political rights, and most importantly the right to life. The protection of human rights ensures that individuals are not treated inhumanely or indecently. A violation of human rights denies individuals their basic moral entitlements. That is, violation of these rights means that one is treated in an undeserving manner. Some of the universal human rights abuses and those termed as crimes against humanity, according to Ekpa (2016), include genocide, torture, slavery, rape, enforced sterilization, medical experimentation, and deliberate starvation.

In times of warfare, there is often a widespread violation of human, political, and fundamental rights. In such situations, the worst violation of human rights and specifically the right to life include massacres, starvation of people, and genocide. Defined, genocide refers to the killing of people of a particular race, ethnicity, or religious group en-masse (MacKinnon, 2017). The killing of people and causing them bodily harm, prevention of birth, or forcibly transferring children are all human rights violations. Genocide is considered as one of the most serious violation of human rights.

Sometimes, women face the worst form of human rights violation through rape or forced prostitution. At other times, the international community fails to consider sexual crimes that happen during times of war. However, crimes involving sexual mutilation, humiliation, and forced pregnancy are common (Bunch, 2013). Another case of human violation among women is that of trafficking whereby they are transported to long distances for prostitution. At times, these acts against women are performed intentionally. For instance, in the 1990s, the media proclaimed that rape and other sexual crimes were carried out deliberately during the Bosnian war.

The police are another group that are notorious for violating fundamental human rights. The most common violation of human rights by the police is brutality. Most of the times, the police are known to exert excessive violence when quelling riots and protests. It is a dangerous human rights violation since even though it is considered illegal, it can be carried out under the color of law. There are numerous videos and news article that show images of people being mistreated in the hands of people who should uphold and implement the very human rights.

Protection of Human rights

Undoubtedly, there are numerous cases of human rights violations . The question that ought to be considered is how these rights should be protected. When it comes to crimes against humanity, there should be a humanitarian intervention (Shelton, 2015). Although it is a highly protested debate, humanitarian intervention will go a long way in ensuring that people are not subjected to inhumane treatment. The international community should also ensure that international standards related to human rights are promoted without having an interest in a nation but for the sake of the suffering citizens.

Understanding one’s rights goes a long way in preventing human rights violations. The citizens of any nation should have adequate knowledge of their rights to ensure that they are not violated. It is often said that knowledge is power, which means that when people possess knowledge concerning their rights, they will know when the rights are violated and where to go in order to seek redress.

Due to globalization, governments should revise their laws to fight against human rights violation. In the wake of the 21st century, there has been an increase in trading activities across borders meaning that non-state actors are more involved in issues related to human rights (Shelton, 2015). Although globalization has enhanced the ability to carry out activities beyond borders, some people have found loopholes through which to violate human rights. Therefore, governments should ensure that they close such loopholes by adopting laws that acknowledge the world as a global village.

All governments across the world should put in place strict penalties against people who violate human rights. For instance, when it comes to police brutality, a country’s government through its arms should ensure that people who suffer receive justice. Sometimes, the government might turn a blind eye to such situations, but the situations brew catastrophe in the long run. In this light, the fight against human rights violation should start with the government and spread to other parties.

The enforcement and upholding of human rights goes a long way in promoting justice, tolerance, mutual respect, and human dignity. When human rights are violated, it means that there is a total disregard of basic human moral entitlements. Therefore, people should be educated on their rights and governments should play a role in protecting these rights without turning a blind eye to any situation involving human rights violation.

Bunch, C. (1990). Women’s rights as human rights: Toward a re-vision of human rights.  Hum. Rts. Q. ,  12 , 486.

Ekpa, S. (2016). Human rights violation. SSRN . Retrieved from https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2738447

MacKinnon, C. A. (2017). Rape, genocide, and women’s human rights. In  Genocide and human rights  (pp. 133-144). New York, NY: Routledge.

Shelton, D. (2015).  Remedies in international human rights law . New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

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