Complaint To the UNHRC To Urgently Stop the “Drip, Drip” Genocide of Minorities in Pakistan

Since 1947, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,^[1] (literally the ‘Land of the Pure’) a nursery^[2] and a haven for terrorists,^[3] ranked third on the list of countries with the worst reputation, has committed a slow, relentless, “drip, drip” genocide of its Hindu, Christian, and Sikh population.  Incontrovertible evidence shows this to be in violation of Article 2 of the Genocide Convention of 1948^[4] committed by every level of Pakistan’s state machinery and its fanatical citizens.  This genocide has unfolded and continues unimpeded in full view of the international community and the United Nations Human Rights Council.^[5] 

The physical element of the genocide is proven as there has been a steep decline in the population of Pakistan’s Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs that has plummeted from 23 percent in 1947 to three percent today, despite a massive increase in Pakistan’s Muslim population.  The result is the almost complete physical destruction of these religious groups.  

The evidence of genocidal intent, required by the Genocide Convention, is also plentiful treatment of Pakistan’s minorities.  Pakistani experts have stated the country was ‘born in hatred’  Specifically, UN documents and Pakistani experts establish the role of Islamic ideology in the and the reason for the treatment inflicted upon its minorities was the desire to create “a purer Islamic state.” Historically, there was a deep hatred towards Hindus in the movement to create Pakistan, which is alive today.  Pakistan grossly failed to protect minority rights as agreed between the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan in 1950.  In 1965, it passed the Enemies Property Act to declare certain Hindus as enemies and seize their property. In 1971, the Pakistani army committed genocide in Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan), explicitly targeting Hindus.

Every element of Pakistani society has actively committed this Islamic genocide: Pakistan has illegally targeted, forcibly converted, kidnapped, and sexually exploited thousands of Hindu and Christian women and girls.  Schools teach Hindu and Christian hate and Islamic supremacism through their curriculum; fake allegations of ‘blasphemy’ have terrorized and led to the imprisonment of Christians and Hindus; their temples and churches have been attacked and desecrated; social apartheid exists by ‘reserving’ menial jobs for low-caste Hindus and Christians which Muslims refuse to perform, with the Pakistani army doing the same through its recruitment practices; poor Christian and Hindu workers in brick kilns work as ‘de facto’ slaves; criminals target Hindus, Sikhs and Christians only because of their faith.  Egregious discrimination is enforced even after natural calamities as Hindus have also been forced to convert to Islam as they received no assistance after torrential floods because of their faith; Christian cemeteries are desecrated by Pakistani citizens and subjected to forcible evictions from their properties.  The number of UN Special Rapporteurs who have jointly voiced strong concern about Pakistan’s human rights is evidence of this whole-of-society genocidal intent.  To clinch the issue, the Pakistani government has also admitted that its minorities face targeted violence in the name of Islam.

Overall, the evidence indicates Pakistan’s successive Presidents, Prime Ministers, legislative bodies, fanatical religious leaders, courts, police, academia, press, and ordinary Pakistanis are all complicit and accountable for this Islamic genocide under Article IV of the Genocide Convention.  To this end, the UN Human Rights Council should adopt a resolution and transfer this matter to the Security Council for action as follows:  

ACTION REQUESTED: 

The Security Council, in accordance with its repertoire^[6] of establishing international tribunals, such as in the cases of Rwanda and Yugoslavia, mandate an International Criminal Tribunal for Pakistan from 12 January 1951 (the date of entry into force of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide) to the present day. 

The functions of the tribunal should be:

• To identify and prosecute all perpetrators responsible for the genocide of Pakistani Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs regardless of whether they are private individuals, public officials, or political leaders with sovereign immunity.
• Take all appropriate and urgent steps to ensure that there is a complete cessation of the violations of the human rights of Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs, as evidenced above.
• To require the United Nations Human Rights (Office of the High Commissioner) and UN Women to closely support the work of the tribunal, including through field visits in Pakistan for fact-finding visits to prevent any further fraudulent and forcible conversions of Hindu, Christian, and Sikh women to Islam.
• To instruct the Pakistani government to immediately confiscate all textbooks that teach hatred of Pakistan’s Hindu, Christian, and Sikh minorities.
• To decide upon a mechanism for monetary compensation for the victims of genocide to be exclusively funded by the Government of Pakistan.
• To initiate a reexamination and updating of the Genocide Convention in the light of the knowledge gained since its entry into force, especially to expressly include cases where genocide is committed slowly but relentlessly over many years, which may lack the characteristic of a sudden spasm of violence directed against a specific community leading to massive loss of life but is nevertheless done with the same intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

Further evidence to substantiate the complaint is an annex to this document.  

[1] https://www.britannica.com/place/Pakistan

[2] https://tribune.com.pk/story/1163662/pakistan–ranks–third–list–countries–worst–reputation

[3] https://www.rediff.com/news/slide–show/slide–show–1–revealed–the–truth–behind–osamas–isi–connection/20120302.htm

[4] https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/Genocide%20Convention–FactSheet–ENG.pdf

[5] https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/10/13/israel–urges–worlds–democracies–to–quit–shameful–and–antisemitic–un–human–rights–council/

[6] https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/repertoire/international–tribunals