Pakistan urged to ratify treaty on enforced disappearance

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Human Rights Watch Thursday urged the Pakistan government to affirm its commitment for ending enforced disappearances by ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The third annual United Nations International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances is set to be observed on August 30. “Ratifying the convention against disappearances is a key test for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s new government,” said Ali Dayan Hasan, the Pakistan director at Human Rights Watch. Read details in daily Dawn