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Kashmir: Pakistan to seek International Court of Justice ruling | Kashmir: Pakistan to seek International Court of Justice ruling |
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Pakistan has said it will take the Kashmir dispute to the International Court of Justice. | Pakistan has said it will take the Kashmir dispute to the International Court of Justice. |
The move comes after India revoked the special autonomous status of the part of Kashmir that it administers. | The move comes after India revoked the special autonomous status of the part of Kashmir that it administers. |
Pakistan reacted to that decision by cutting trade and transport links, and expelling India's ambassador. | Pakistan reacted to that decision by cutting trade and transport links, and expelling India's ambassador. |
Kashmir - which both countries claim in full but rule in part - has been the site of decades of sporadic conflict. | Kashmir - which both countries claim in full but rule in part - has been the site of decades of sporadic conflict. |
"We have decided to take the Kashmir case to the International Court of Justice," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told ARY News TV on Tuesday. | "We have decided to take the Kashmir case to the International Court of Justice," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told ARY News TV on Tuesday. |
"The decision was taken after considering all legal aspects." | "The decision was taken after considering all legal aspects." |
He added that the case would centre on alleged human rights violations by India - which it denies - in Muslim-majority Kashmir. | He added that the case would centre on alleged human rights violations by India - which it denies - in Muslim-majority Kashmir. |
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a phone call that the issue was one for India and Pakistan to resolve between themselves, through dialogue. | |
French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss Kashmir with Mr Modi when they meet in Paris this week, a French official said on Tuesday. | |
What's the background? | |
Kashmir is a Himalayan territory disputed by India and Pakistan. Each country controls part of the territory and the Indian-administered side - Jammu and Kashmir - used to have special status. | |
But Article 370, the constitutional provision granting Kashmir its special status, was revoked earlier this month, meaning the Indian-administered area has now been downgraded from a federal state and split into two union territories ruled by Delhi. | |
Predicting a backlash, Delhi also launched a security clampdown in Kashmir. | |
Despite this, there have been frequent protests and some have turned violent. | |
The area is no stranger to violence, as separatist insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir which has left tens of thousands of people dead over the last three decades. | |
So what happens next? | |
If Pakistan goes ahead, a decision by the International Court of Justice would be advisory only. | |
This would only not be the case if both countries agreed beforehand that the ruling should be binding. |