[7] In official communication Pakistan denied any equivalence with what was happening on both sides of the LoC the report also stated that “violations in this [Pakistani] area are of a different calibre or magnitude and of a more structural nature,” While in contrast the report detailed significant abuses in Indian-administered Kashmir which ranged from sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture and enforced disappearances.
[6] India officially rejected the report calling it a violation of its "sovereignty and territorial integrity" as well as being a "selective compilation of largely unverified information" that was published with bias and prejudice.
The report further criticized the "cordon and search operations” in 2017, which “enable a range of human rights violations, including physical intimidation and assault, invasion of privacy, arbitrary and unlawful detention, collective punishment and destruction of private property” by Indian security forces.
The report also condemned the Armed Forces Special Powers Act stating that it remained a “key obstacle to accountability”.
[15] China reacted to the two reports by saying that India and Pakistan should take no unilateral decision with relation to Kashmir; and that the human rights of Kashmiris should be respected.