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Kashmir: Army organizes seminar on “Human Rights”

By News Agency of Kashmir,

Jammu : Army today organized a Human Rights Seminar on the theme “Human Rights and the Armed Forces in Counter Insurgency/ Counter Terrorism Operations” at Reasi.

Conducted under the aegis of Counter Insurgency Force (Uniform) on the behalf of White Knight Corps, the seminar was inaugurated by Lieutenant General RK Swamy, GOC White Knight Corps, according to an army handout.

The seminar commenced with an opening address by Major General ADS Grewal, GOC, and Uniform Force was attended by a large audience.

Veteran journalist and Chairman, Institute of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs Balraj Puri, Nitin Gokhale, Senior Editor, Defence and Strategic Affairs of NDTV, Ravi Nair, Executive Director South Asia HRDC, Brigadier CS Nair, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Headquarters Northern Command, and Anil Shorey, Senior Defence Analyst USI, New Delhi were the speakers who participated in the seminar.

The seminar aimed to principally address two important themes. The first important issue addressed was the imperative need to uphold the customs and norms of Human Rights in a democratic society and the legislative aspects controlling the deployment of the Armed Forces. The second important issue concerned the intricacies of Media interaction on Human Rights while operating in Counter Insurgency operations.

Legal issues and implications related to Human Rights in prevailing socio-politico-military environment, the Role of Media, Laws of Armed Conflict, Human Rights as applicable to insurgency areas/Low Intensity Conflict Operations, problems faced in implementation of Human Rights, Prevention of Human Rights Violations and challenges for Armed Forces and Media were some of the issues discussed during the seminar. The seminar concluded with interactive sessions in which the participants and audience freely expressed their views.