The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) supports the legitimate and just struggle of the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu&Kashmir (IIOJ&K) for their inalienable right to self-determination, and continues to call for protection and promotion of all basic human rights and freedoms of the Kashmiri people against India’s state terrorism. The Organization is staunch advocate of expeditious and peaceful settlement of the dispute in accordance with the UN Charter, relevant UNSC and OIC resolutions and international law.

The OIC’s unequivocal position on both human rights as well as peace and security dimensions of the dispute is embodied in its numerous declarations, decisions, and resolutions adopted by the Islamic Summits and Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) as well as in the statements/press releases issued by the OIC and its human rights body, the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC).

The Contact Group on Jammu & Kashmir, which was established in 1994 to voice the Organization’s position and coordinate joint actions on the dispute, is another OIC platform which closely monitors and articulates concerns over the evolving, worrisome developments in IIOJ&K.

Since India’s unlawful actions of 05th August 2019, the OIC and IPHRC has strongly condemned unilateral steps being taken to alter the demography of the UN-recognized disputed territory and reaffirmed OIC’s steadfast support to the Kashmir cause.

The OIC Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Kashmir visited Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir in March 2020 to reaffirm OIC’s support and solidarity with the Kashmiri people and acquire first-hand information on the situation along the Line of Control.

Under its Standing Mechanism to monitor human rights situation in IIOJ&K, the IPHRC also held an unprecedented ‘Open Discussion’ on the worsening situation in the occupied territory in November 2019.