Project Overview
The Project endeavours to evaluate the legal status of the Former Federally Administered Tribal Areas. This includes not only ascertaining whether an armed conflict is in existence within the area and the potential hurdles in the transitional process from an armed conflict to a peacetime regime governed by International Human Rights Law. Moreover, the Project aims to analyse the current domestic legal regime applicable to the region vis-à-vis a view of its merger with KPK.
The aforementioned objectives were contoured further through an expert Round table session with legal experts well versed in both IHL and Pakistan’s domestic law to discuss the findings of RSIL in regards to the Legal Implications of the FATA Reforms on the Conflict Paradigm in October 2018.
Executive Summary
Following the merger, it was decided that a reappraisal of the situation was required and another expert roundtable was held in October 2018. The primary aim of the roundtable was to establish whether a conflict paradigm still applied to FATA or if we were in the midst of or had already transitioned into a peace paradigm. It was decided that though it could not yet be determined with any degree of finality whether a conflict paradigm was no longer suitable in FATA, the improving security situation as well as the merging of FATA are strong indicators that the region is in the process of transitioning into a peace paradigm. This, in and of itself, is very encouraging and a source of considerable hope for those who have long wished for peace in the conflict torn region.
Roundtable Highlights
Reports:
- The Applicable Legal Framework in Conflict and Peace
- Evaluation of the Security Situation in FATA Uptil 2018
- FATA Reforms and Their Impact on the Conflict Paradigm