The report details human rights violations that are inconsistent with Pakistan’s legal obligations under various provisions of the ICCPR with regard to: fair trial rights (Article 14); freedom of expression (Article 19); freedom of assembly (Article 21); the treatment of foreign nationals (Articles 7, 9, 12, 13 and 24); and enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings (Articles 2, 6, 7, 9, 14 and 16).
The CCPR’s review of Pakistan’s second periodic report will take place on 17-18 October 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Read the report below.