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ROLE OF UN ON J AND K UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW A PARADIGM SHIFT FROM ACTIVE MEDIATION TO PASSIVE ENGAGEMENT

15 Pages : 120-127

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2020(V-III).15      10.31703/glsr.2020(V-III).15      Published : Sep 2020

Role of UN on J and K under International Law: A Paradigm Shift from Active Mediation to Passive Engagement

    The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the role of the UN on the conflict of J and K. The Kashmir Issue has been on the agenda of the UN since 1948. There are many stages of the UN's intervention for the resolution of this protracted conflict. There is a need to critically analyze the role of the UN in the conflict of J and K. This research paper will analyze the role of the UN in a critical manner to explore the causes and circumstances responsible for the failure of the UN in resolving this conflict. The findings of this paper will be based upon the literature review on the conflict of J and K and UN's mediation. This study can be very useful in the future to analyze the role of the UN in resolving international disputes and to evaluate the causes of the failure of the UN in different protracted conflicts.

    UN, Conflict of J and K, Mediation, Resolutions on J and K, Paradigm Shift, and Passive Engagement
    (1) Adnan Rahman
    Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Law, Faculty of Sharia and Law, IIUI/ Faculty Member of Law, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarab
    (2) Ataullah Khan Mahmood
    Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Sharia and Law, International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), Pakistan.
    (3) Saqib Shahbaz
    Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur, AJK, Pakistan.
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    APA : Rahman, A., Mahmood, A. K., & Shahbaz, S. (2020). Role of UN on J and K under International Law: A Paradigm Shift from Active Mediation to Passive Engagement. Global Legal Studies Review, V(III), 120-127. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2020(V-III).15
    CHICAGO : Rahman, Adnan, Ataullah Khan Mahmood, and Saqib Shahbaz. 2020. "Role of UN on J and K under International Law: A Paradigm Shift from Active Mediation to Passive Engagement." Global Legal Studies Review, V (III): 120-127 doi: 10.31703/glsr.2020(V-III).15
    HARVARD : RAHMAN, A., MAHMOOD, A. K. & SHAHBAZ, S. 2020. Role of UN on J and K under International Law: A Paradigm Shift from Active Mediation to Passive Engagement. Global Legal Studies Review, V, 120-127.
    MHRA : Rahman, Adnan, Ataullah Khan Mahmood, and Saqib Shahbaz. 2020. "Role of UN on J and K under International Law: A Paradigm Shift from Active Mediation to Passive Engagement." Global Legal Studies Review, V: 120-127
    MLA : Rahman, Adnan, Ataullah Khan Mahmood, and Saqib Shahbaz. "Role of UN on J and K under International Law: A Paradigm Shift from Active Mediation to Passive Engagement." Global Legal Studies Review, V.III (2020): 120-127 Print.
    OXFORD : Rahman, Adnan, Mahmood, Ataullah Khan, and Shahbaz, Saqib (2020), "Role of UN on J and K under International Law: A Paradigm Shift from Active Mediation to Passive Engagement", Global Legal Studies Review, V (III), 120-127
    TURABIAN : Rahman, Adnan, Ataullah Khan Mahmood, and Saqib Shahbaz. "Role of UN on J and K under International Law: A Paradigm Shift from Active Mediation to Passive Engagement." Global Legal Studies Review V, no. III (2020): 120-127. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2020(V-III).15