India has reacted strongly to and lodged a diplomatic protest over a new report by the UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights on Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian government has called the report "false, with a motivated narrative". The report, a follow up to one the UN rights office filed last year, once again very controversially called on India to "respect the right of self-determination of the people of Kashmir as protected under international law".
The Ministry of External Affairs accused the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of "legitimising terrorism" and said the assertions in the report are "in violation of India's sovereignty and territorial integrity and ignore the core issue of cross-border terrorism."