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THE TRUTH AND JUSTICE COMMISSION - PAKISTAN
The Truth and Justice Commission was established on 10 December 1999,
as an independent chapter of human rights movement, with a mandate to
register cases of enforced disappearances and collect relevant information
leading to proper documentation of the cases and to organize the families
of the victims, in order to raise forceful public opinion against this
menace. It has thus far registered 245 cases of disappearances. The
operational area of the Truth and Justice Commission is adjacent to the
line of control, dividing the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two parts -
1/3 controlled by Pakistan and 2/3 by India. The Truth and Justice
Commission has also registered cases of disappearances in refugee camps
established in the Pakistani controlled region of Kashmir and also in the
North West frontier province (NWFP) and Punjab (provinces of Pakistan).
The Commission also organized families of victims of disappearances and
held two meetings in 2001-2002 in which twenty-two families participated.
Most of the family members have lost hope and are reluctant to convert
their pain into a struggle. But hopefully, constant inter-action with them
can break the ice. The area in which most of these families live is
difficult to reach and is also a military zone. The armies of India and
Pakistan are in an eyeball-to-eyeball position.
The salient features of the 3-year comprehensive action of the Commission
are as follows:
a. To register all the cases of disappearances/missing in its operational
area;
b. To document cases registered and to be registered in the future;
c. To organize family members of disappeared persons;
d. To conduct regular positive inter-action with the family members of the
disappeared persons.
e. To establish an action center in the areas where families of the
victims live in order to stimulate them to a positive response and release
them from a mental and physical trauma.
f. To establish a rehabilitation center for social, economic and political
rehabilitation of the families of the victims.
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