• Nuzhat Jan

The Political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir took a radical turn in 1947 after the partition of the sub-continent into the two independent countries that is India and Pakistan. With the accession of the state with the Indian republic in October 1947, the government of India acknowledged the peculiar political situation in the valley and separate ethnic identity of the people and granted the “special status to the state” under Article 370 of the Indian constitution. However, the people were not satisfied with the accession to the Indian union which resulted in the dissatisfaction of the people with the Indian union. This discontentment gradually led to the alienation of the people. The armed conflict broke out in the year 1990 which was dealt with the heavy handedness by the Indian state. This resulted in the large scale human rights violations in the valley. There is not a single individual in the valley that has not been affected by the conflict eventhough directly or indirectly which paved the way for the NGOs to play a leading role in the conflict ridden state. As a result of huge human rights violation in the state large number of international and national NGOs turned their attention to this region. As far as the protection and promotion of human rights are concerned NGOs play an important role. NGOs play a significant role in articulating and implementing the international and national human rights instruments. The NGOs in Kashmir region have played an important role in highlighting the cases of human rights violations and the most prominent among them is the Amnesty International. As such the main objective of this paper was to analyse the role played by the Amnesty International in the valley.

NGOs, Human Rights, India, Pakistan

" Human Rights NGOs in Jammu and Kashmir with special reference to Amnesty International", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.218-227, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908776.pdf

" Human Rights NGOs in Jammu and Kashmir with special reference to Amnesty International", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp218-227, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908776.pdf