Press release Uncertainty around elections must end immediately Lahore, 3 September 2023. The governing Council of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), on concluding a meeting earlier today, has expressed immense concern over the uncertainty surrounding the general elections. HRCP insists that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announce an election schedule promptly

Press release HRCP calls for extensive electoral reforms Lahore, 2 September 2023. At a seminar held earlier today, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) presented the findings of a discussion paper calling for extensive electoral reforms. Titled Making Elections Credible: The Need for Electoral Reforms, the paper argues that such reforms are critical

Press release Next elected government must not procrastinate on enforced disappearances Lahore, 30 August 2023. Marking International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expresses grave concern over the lack of progress not only in tracing victims but also holding perpetrators accountable. Despite repeated calls for action from civil society, including victims’ families,

Press release HRCP conference takes stock of the 1973 Constitution at 50 Islamabad, 28 August 2023. At a conference organised to mark 50 years of the 1973 Constitution, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)’s secretary-general Harris Khalique said that this was an opportunity to take stock of the Constitution as a social contract

Press release HRCP fact-finding mission to Jaranwala finds local Muslim religious leaders complicit in attacks Lahore, 25 August 2023. According to a fact-finding mission initiated by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), at least 24 churches and several dozen smaller chapels as well as scores of houses in Jaranwala were torched and looted