Index Number: ASA 33/8576/2024
Amnesty International submits this information to the UN Human Rights Committee (the Committee) in advance of its consideration of the second periodic report of Pakistan at the 142nd session of the Committee scheduled to be held between 14 October to 8 November 2024. This submission emphasizes human rights issues in relation to Pakistan’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the Covenant). The submission raises violations of the rights to freedom of belief and religion, expression, peaceful assembly, privacy, liberty, and rights of refugees and asylum seekers, and obligations to ensure non-discrimination.
This document is not an exhaustive list of concerns.