Condemning the human rights violations taking place in Jammu and Kashmir and supporting Kashmiri self-determination.

opposes any use of force against civilian populations by governmental and nongovernmental actors alike;

opposes and condemns the use of pellet shotguns and rubber bullets as a crowd-control method in any case;

affirms that any changes to the status of Jammu and Kashmir must be made with the direct consultation of the Kashmiri people, who must play a central role in the determination of their future;

urges the Government of India to immediately lift all remaining elements of the communications blockade imposed in Jammu and Kashmir, including restoring phone and internet access and refraining from any interference with the provision of medical treatment;

urges the Department of State to facilitate contact between Kashmiri Americans and their family members in Jammu and Kashmir;

reaffirms its strongly held belief that freedom of religion is a central and inalienable right of all people as promulgated in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and urges the Government of India to ensure compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Jammu and Kashmir;

urges the Government of India to exercise restraint when performing security and policing operations and denounces the widespread use of threats and excessive force against civilians, protestors, and detainees;

urges the Government of India to immediately release unjustly and indefinitely detained people in Jammu and Kashmir and to cease arbitrary and politically motivated detentions;

urges the Governments of India and Pakistan to engage in dialogue to deescalate tensions and protect human rights;

urges the Governments of India and Pakistan to renounce the use of force to settle the status of all disputed territories between them;

urges the Governments of India and Pakistan to grant representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights full and unfettered access to their respective sides of the Line of Control; and

urges the Governments of India and Pakistan to implement the policy recommendations of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights contained in its 2018 and 2019 reports.