Abstract
Despite the passage of almost seven decades, people of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir are waiting for their right of self-determination, promised by United Nations. Whereas, there are over twenty five UN resolutions, calling for the solution of the dispute, India is reluctant to grant Kashmiris as their right of self determination. By denying the implementation of UN resolutions, and occupying the state through the deployment of over 700,000 troops, India is clearly violating international law and UN resolutions. Though the legal status of the instrument of accession has been questioned by neutral writers and experts of international law, the instrument to safeguard the Kashmiris’ right to decide their future as per their wishes in its various articles. Over last twenty-five years, Indian security forces deployed in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) have committed massive human rights violations. In fact, the dispute about the State of Jammu and Kashmir is an issue of right of selfdetermination for the Kashmiri people. The paper therefore, puts into debate, the legal perspective of Kashmir dispute in the light of guarantees, provided by international law, provisions of human rights, related agreements and conventions.