In developed countries around the world, including Europe and the United States, human rights are given special importance and their violation is considered a serious problem, while in many countries in Africa and Asia, human rights violations are part of everyday life.          The United Nations has always made positive efforts to improve the human rights situation. The fact that Human Rights Day is celebrated on the 10th of December every year is an evidence of this. 
Through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948. The United Nations promotes and protects these rights through the Human Rights Council, treaties, monitoring and various institutions, working for universal standards of dignity, equality and justice despite ongoing global challenges such as conflict and dictatorship
Pakistan is part of the United Nations system and is actively involved in the UN human rights bodies, having recently (October 2025) been elected to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for the term 2026-2028, serving its sixth term on the Council since 2006.This election demonstrates his commitment to promoting human rights and human rights in the global debate, but this is not reflected in practice in Pakistan.
The Constitution of Pakistan contains provisions that guarantee fundamental rights to all citizens, including minorities. Article 36 of the Constitution specifically protects the rights of minorities and Article 22 protects them from discrimination in educational institutions, but implementation of these articles is lacking.
Human rights violations against minorities in Pakistan include systemic discrimination, forced conversions, misuse of blasphemy laws, torture/extrajudicial killings, and marginalization, which affect religious minorities such as Hindus, Sikhs, and Christians.Despite constitutional guarantees of equality for minorities, key issues include discriminatory laws, economic barriers, under-representation, sectarian attacks, and bias in textbooks, which promote religious intolerance.
According to data compiled by the National Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, as of July 25, 2024, 767 people were in prisons across Pakistan on blasphemy charges, compared to 213 suspects imprisoned on blasphemy charges in 2023, 621 in 2020, and 99 in 2020. 2020
According to the same study, at least 104 people were extrajudicially killed after blasphemy charges between 1994 and 2024, of whom 26 percent were Christians, one Hindu and one Buddhist, while the religion of two people was unknown.
According to the Center for Social Justice (CSJ), a research organization on forced religious conversion of minority girls in Pakistan, More than 46 percent of the victims (girls and women) belonged to the Hindu community, while 44 percent were Christians. More than 46 percent of the victims were minors. About 33 percent were aged 11-15 years.
In addition, minorities face issues such as religious discrimination, religious freedom, political and social inequality, which have been repeatedly expressed by international human rights organizations, the European Union and the UNO.
According to the UN Declaration, various institutions and international human rights organizations consistently report that these safeguards are often not effectively implemented in practice, with significant challenges and human rights violations continuing.UN experts and the Secretary-General have repeatedly condemned attacks on religious and ethnic minorities in Pakistan and called for immediate action against the perpetrators.UN Special Rapporteurs have called for an end to widespread violence and discrimination. On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, we call on the Government of Pakistan to give minorities rights in line with the vision of the founder of Pakistan, not just in speeches but in practice.
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