Abstract:
After sixty nine years of the Partition of British India,
Kashmir still remains an unresolved issue. It has not only
been a cause of wars and crises in India-Pakistan bilateral
relations, but regional peace and stability also hinges upon its
resolution. Kashmiri people have been struggling for their
right of self-determination and in pursuance of this goal, they
have been facing grave human rights violations (HRVs).
These violations in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) show the
indifference of the international community to this issue. The
paper gives a brief historical overview of Kashmir; and the
political and legal aspects of the concept of selfdetermination and its application on Kashmir in the
contemporary global environment. It analyses how Indian
domestic politics have a strong bearing on the changing
dynamics of and in IHK, especially with regard to HRVs; and
various options for peace put forward by Pakistan
