Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Indian and Pakistani counterparts on human rights violations in Kashmir since the publication of the UN Human Rights Council's report on the situation in Kashmir in June 2018.

We encourage both India and Pakistan to uphold their international human rights obligations. Any allegations of human rights violations or abuses is concerning and must be investigated thoroughly, promptly and transparently. We regularly raise the issue of human rights and Kashmir with the Governments of India and Pakistan. I discussed the situation in Kashmir with the Indian Foreign Secretary on my most recent visit to India in March this year. The Permanent Under Secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office also raised the situation in Kashmir with the Indian Foreign Secretary during bilateral talks last month (May). With the Pakistani Government, the Foreign Secretary discussed Kashmir with the Minister of Foreign Affairs in March and I raised the issue in a meeting with Pakistan's Special Assistant for Accountability in late May.