LibGuides: Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances: Pakistan

Pakistan

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) reports 1,400 unsolved disappearance cases, while the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) cites 370 cases of enforced disappearances since 2014 alone. Various NGOs (non-governmental organization) have also claimed between 5,000 to 18,000 cases have occurred in Pakistan.

Find more information on Pakistan's enforced disappearances and human rights:

Amnesty International: Where Is Zeenat Shahzadi? (2016) In August 2015, Zeenat Shahzadi, a 24-year-old journalist, was abducted by armed gunmen. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan believes she was subject to an enforced disappearance by security forces.
Forced Disappearances in Pakistan - Wikipedia
ICJ Addendum Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in Pakistan This document contains information supplied by Governments, civil society and other stakeholders, relating to the follow-up measures to the recommendations made by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, following its country visits to Congo in 2011 and Pakistan in 2012. See page 35 for information specific to Pakistan.
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Pakistan Archives The ICJ promotes and protects human rights through the Rule of Law, by using its unique legal expertise to develop and strengthen national and international justice systems. Archives filed under the country of Pakistan can be examined for information regarding human rights in Pakistan.
Oral Statement of the ICJ on Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan (2016) The oral Statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), supported by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, in the Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. Published September 2016.
Pakistan: Authorities Must Deliver on Pledge to End Cruelty of Enforced Disappearances Article from Amnesty International in 2021 about the need to address forced disappearances in Pakistan.