Lahore, June 6, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has moved the Supreme Court of Pakistan to review an order disposing of a petition filed in 2007 for recovery of a large number of victims of enforced disappearance. On May 18, the Supreme Court had disposed of through a short order HRCP’s

Lahore, May 31, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm and disappointment over a declaration by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) that DNA test results are not acceptable as primary evidence in cases of rape. HRCP called the assertion regressive, unfortunate and unkind to rape victims. In a media

Lahore, May 28: Karim Lahidji, an Iranian lawyer and founder president of the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights, was yesterday elected president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) at the organisation’s 38th congress in Istanbul, says a Press release issued by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), a

Lahore, May 20, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm over escalating confrontation and violence in Karachi and appealed for all sides to act in a rational manner and focus on resolving the litany of challenges facing the country. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “HRCP is

Lahore, May 13, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon all political parties to respect the May 11 verdict of the people and avoid doing anything that could derail the democratic system. It has emphasised that HRCP’s election monitors on the ground across the country did not find any evidence

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) observed the electoral process over the past several months and watched the May 11 election in all parts of the country. The commission carried out detailed observation of the electoral process in 57 National Assembly constituencies, – 8 in Balochistan, 13 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 19 in Punjab

Lahore May 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has congratulated the people of the country for demonstrating their faith in democracy despite threats to their lives. At the same time the commission has condemned all those responsible for interfering with the people’s right to vote in Karachi and elsewhere. In a statement

Lahore, May 10, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday slammed the ever rising levels of violence ahead of the elections, including the targetting and assassination of candidates and political workers, attacks on rallies and campaign offices and abduction of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani’s son, and demanded a much

Good evening, As general elections are getting ready to take place in Pakistan, FIDH, in collaborations with its pakistani partner HRCP (Human Rights Commission of Pakistan), is releasing a briefer on the human rights situation in Pakistan. Our organisations call on the Pakistani government and the European Union to adopt a clear position on

While encouraging the democratic reforms undertaken over the past five years by the government led by the Pakistan People’s Party,  FIDH and HRCP remain concerned regarding the rapid deterioration of Pakistan’s human rights situation and the lack of progress on strengthening the rule of law in the country. Background: The general election slated to