ISLAMABAD – Pakistan gets a diplomatic victory over India in United Nations.

India has been snubbed by the New UN High Commissioner for Human RightsMichelle Bachelet.

She has called on India to take meaningful action on addressing issueshighlighted in the UN report on human rights violations in Kashmir.

Pakistan has been the sole diplomatic source in highlighting the India andit’s Military state terrorism in Occupied Kashmir.

In a written statement on Monday, the former Chilean president whosucceeded Zeid Raad al Hussain as UN High Commissioner for Human Rightsthis month, said the people of Kashmir had the same rights to justice anddignity as people all over the world.

“In Kashmir, our recent report on the human rights situation has not beenfollowed up with meaningful improvements, or even open and seriousdiscussions on how the grave issues raised could be addressed,” she said.

“The people of Kashmir have exactly the same rights to justice and dignityas people all over the world, and we urge the authorities to respect them.The Office continues to request permission to visit both sides of the Lineof Control, and in the meantime, will continue its monitoring andreporting,” the rights commissioner added.

In his report to the UN Human Rights Council in June, Bachelet’spredecessor Zeid Hussain had sought an “establishment of a commission ofinquiry to conduct a comprehensive independent international investigationinto allegations of human rights violations in Kashmir” and asked thegovernments of India and Pakistan to “fully respect the right ofself-determination of the people of Kashmir as protected underinternational law”.