The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, chaired by Ambassador Alexander Marschik of Austria, which deals with social, humanitarian, and cultural issues had an interactive dialogue with various UN Thematic Special Rapporteurs on October 12, 2023. The joint statement also highlighted that Mr Parvez has regularly engaged with United Nations bodies, including the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and the Human Rights Council, reporting human rights abuses in Kashmir, and faced restrictions and harassment from the Indian Government as a result. Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman, of the World Forum for Peace & Justice appreciated the genuine concern expressed by the United Nations Special Rapporteurs in demanding the unconditional release of Khurram Parvez, one of the internationally known human rights defenders. US-based Time magazine put Khurram Parvez on its list of 100 most influential people. Dr Fai added that Khurram Parvez’s report on ‘Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir’ was a graphic description of torture being used by 900,000 Indian occupation forces in Kashmir.
