Press release Government and opposition must focus on flood impact, climate justice Lahore, 22 August 2022. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expresses grave concern at the loss of life and livelihoods wrought by floods across the country, especially in Balochistan, Sindh and southern Punjab. The indifference of the federal and provincial governments

Press release HRCP calls for end to ethnic tension in Sindh Lahore, 15 July 2022. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is increasingly concerned by the escalation in ethnic and political tension in Sindh, after a man was killed in Hyderabad following an altercation at a hotel. HRCP calls for the murder to

Press release COIED chairperson must be removed if allegations proved Lahore, 8 July 2022. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) takes serious note of the allegation of sexual harassment against Justice (Retired) Javed Iqbal—chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIED) and former chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)—as well as other NAB officials.

Press release HRCP calls for end to impunity for torture Lahore, 26 June 2022: On this International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) reiterates its call upon the state to criminalise torture which is obligatory after the country’s ratification of the Convention Against Torture in 2010.

Press release HRCP demands repeal of colonial laws that curb peaceful assembly Islamabad, 20 June 2022. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) announces the launch of its study titled Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Pakistan: A Legislative Review.The study proposes to repeal and review many archaic colonial-era laws and discontinue primitive policing strategies. It makes