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Annual Report 2017 Annual Report 2017 HUMAN RIGHTS National Commission for Human Rights Pakistan Table of Contents VISION ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 MISSION STATEMENT ............................................................................................................................................ 2 MESSAGE FROM CHAIRMAN ............................................................................................................................... 3 NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ........................................................................................... 4 Background ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 State of Human Rights in Pakistan .................................................................................................................... 6 Powers and Functions of the Commission ......................................................................................................... 7 Composition of the Commission........................................................................................................................ 8 PROFILES ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 SUMMARY – STRATEGIC PLAN ......................................................................................................................... 13 Priority Intervention Areas (Strategic Plan) ..................................................................................................... 14 OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS – 2017 .......................................................................... 19 Institution Building .......................................................................................................................................... 19 Rules of NCHR ................................................................................................................................................ 20 Petitions, Complaints and Suo-Moto Notices on Human Rights Violations .................................................... 22 Summary of Complaints, Petition & Suo Motu Notices Record ..................................................................... 24 Highlighted Cases: 2016-17 ............................................................................................................................. 27 Coordination with Parliament .......................................................................................................................... 28 Legislations, Reports, Investigations & Inquiries ............................................................................................ 30 Transgender and Intersex Persons (Promotion and Protection of Rights) Bill, 2017 ......................................... 31 Kalash Report ..................................................................................................................................................... 34 Baluchistan Prisons: An Exposé ........................................................................................................................ 37 Prison Manual .................................................................................................................................................... 40 Water as a Human Right .................................................................................................................................... 42 Hazara Report .................................................................................................................................................... 44 ACTIVITIES OF NCHR, CHAPTER WISE - 2017 .............................................................................................. 47 Head Office ...................................................................................................................................................... 47 Baluchistan Chapter ......................................................................................................................................... 51 Sindh Chapter .................................................................................................................................................. 56 Punjab Chapter ................................................................................................................................................. 61 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chapter ......................................................................................................................... 73 FATA Chapter ................................................................................................................................................. 83 Islamabad Chapter ........................................................................................................................................... 92 Minorities Chapter ........................................................................................................................................... 97 TRENDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS – 2017 ..................................................................................... 108 PLAN OF ACTION – 2018 ..................................................................................................................................... 114 FINANCIAL REPORT 2016-17 ............................................................................................................................. 115 ACRONYMS AGPR Accountant General Pakistan Revenues APNS All Pakistan Newspapers Society CAT Committee against Torture CEDAW Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women CERD Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights CMW Committee on Migrant Workers CRC Committee on the Rights of the Child CRPC Criminal Procedure Code CWA Community Welfare Attaché FIR First Information Report GOP Government of Pakistan GSP+ Generalised Scheme of Preferences HEC Higher Education Commission HEIs Higher Education Institutions HRC Human Rights Committee ICC International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions ICC International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights IHRC International Human Rights Commission JIT Joint Investigation Team MOIB Ministry of Information and Broadcasting MOFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs MOP&HRD Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development MOU Memorandum of Understanding NCHR National Commission for Human Rights NHRIs National Human Rights Institutions NHRIs, National Human Rights Institutions NIM National Institute of Management NIRM National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms NSA National Services Academy NSPP National School of Public Policy OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCR Office of the High Commission for Human Rights PBA Pakistan Broadcasting Association PC Privatization Commission TAF The Asia Foundation TOT Training of Trainers UBL United Bank Limited UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights UPR Universal Periodic Review WAT War against Terror VISION “Together towards a just society; upholding human rights for all, independently and responsibly”. MISSION STATEMENT To support in increasing state’s capacity to deliver on its responsibility to protect and promote Human Rights for all by: · Providing for speedy investigation and redressal by acting as a watchdog on state machinery to respond to violation of Human Rights; · Mainstreaming Human Rights awareness and education in the society; · Bringing all state legislation, policies, institutions and actions in conformity with the Human Rights obligations enshrined in the constitution and ratified international treaties and conventions; Creating a culture of collaboration for a pro-rights environment in Pakistan. 2 MESSAGE FROM CHAIRMAN Pakistan is passing through a tumultuous time. In an unprecedented stage in our history we are plagued by a plethora of problems shrouding our future in an ominous cloud. Child abuse is rampant. Hate speech and extremism are festering, leading to forced conversions of minority communities in Tharparkar and Kalash among others, and the sectarian killings of Hazara Shias in Balochistan and other religious minorities all over the country is on the rise. One of the challenges that Pakistan faces is in respect of enforced disappearances with multiple accusations levied against state agencies or foreign interference. Synchronously to due process being overlooked, torture is being ignored. Till today, there is no existing definition of torture in our Penal Code, which is a severe rebuke to the international treaties ratified by us. Pakistan has become a mini-killing field; it appears altruism is a victim. Though this may paint a bleak picture, we must remember that the context is unique in Pakistan’s 70 years. Civil society is more empowered than ever and fighting to
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