ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights (JKCHR) has welcomed the recent US-brokered ceasefire between India and Pakistan and President Donald Trump’s public offer to mediate on occupied Kashmir.
“This development marks a vital departure from the long-standing diplomatic stalemate, reasserting Kashmir’s status as an unresolved international issue,” said a press release received here on Tuesday.
President Trump’s direct reference to Kashmir, including on social media, have brought into limelight the dispute and challenged India’s narrative that Kashmir is an “internal matter.”
His engagement aligns with the historical US role in Kashmir —reflected in the appointment of Admiral Chester Nimitz as UN Plebiscite Administrator and Dr. Frank Graham’s mediation under the UN mandate.
JKCHR urged the stakeholders to seize this diplomatic opening. “The Simla Agreement has failed as a bilateral mechanism; the US initiative confirms that third-party involvement is both necessary and legitimate.”
The statement said Kashmir remains a non-self-governing territory under Chapter XI of the UN Charter, with the people of Jammu and Kashmir as the principal stakeholders.
JKCHR called for Pakistan to formally notify the UN, OIC, and key actors of this shift and reinvigorate the Kashmir file, including calls for demilitarization per UNCIP resolutions.
Kashmir an unfinished case of decolonization
It said Kashmiris would mobilize a global campaign affirming their status as a third party to the dispute and reframe Kashmir as an unfinished case of decolonization.
President Trump’s intervention could be a turning point, JKCHR said and urged all parties to ensure the peace process is guided by justice, consent, and the UN Charter.
