Human Rights Violations in Kashmir

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.

Autorentext

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).

Inhalt

1. Introduction Part 1: Violations of human rights in Indian-administered Kashmir 2. Human rights in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir: Introduction 3. Selected root causes and the structure of human rights violations 4. Documentation of the Human Rights abuses 5. Selected manifestations of the Human Rights violations in the Valley 6. Human rights after Article 370 abrogation 7. Beyond the Valley 8. Concluding notes: empower the people, expunge impunity Part 2: Violations of Human Rights in Pakistani-administered Kashmir 9. The Frameworks of Impunity 10. The Structure of Abuse 11. Epilogue