Geneva, Oct. 3 -- Pakistan is turning into a "rogue state" due to widespread enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and torture, a human rights expert warned at the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Chongshi Yeah Joseph, Executive Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Peace, urged the United Nations to intervene, stressing that silence would equate to failure. "All this detention with the consent of the state means that the state is becoming a rogue state," Joseph said, describing enforced disappearances as a war crime.

The remarks were made during an event titled "Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan: Amplifying Voices, Demanding Justice, Calling for Global Action", convened by the Centre for Human Rights and ...