Publications related to Gilgit Baltistan

Apr 01, 2020

A Tale of Three Ports: The Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on Unrepresented Peoples in Pakistan and China

The first chapter looks into the most important development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): the expansion of the deep-water sea port in Gwadar. Following a deal shrouded in mystery between the Pakistan and Chinese governments, the port was handed over to China without due consideration for the local Baloch people. Today the project is currently being implemented without addressing the...

Apr 01, 2020

A Tale of Three Ports: The Impact of the Belt...

The UNPO has released the report A Tale of Three Ports: The Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on Unrepresented Peoples in Pakistan and China, showing how China’s BRI is placing an additional...

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Feb 19, 2020

Divergence of EU, US Trade & Human Rights...

The UNPO has submitted a report to the members of the European Parliament International Trade Committee (INTA) highlighting concerns with regard to the systemic and widespread religious persecution in...

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Apr 07, 2017

UNPO’s UPR Report Denounces Ongoing Human Rights...

  In 2012, UNPO’s report on the occasion of Pakistan’s second cycle UPR focused on the critical issue of enforced disappearances in Sindh and Balochistan, and on the severe natural...

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Mar 16, 2011

First Gilgit Baltistan Environment Conference...

Brussels, 9 May 2011 - In the first in-depth assessment of climate change and development on one of the world’s most sensitive ecosystems, International experts gathered in Brussels to highlight...

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