@report {477481,
	title = {Pakistan: State of Human Rights in 2011},
	year = {2011},
	institution = {Human Rights Commission of Pakistan},
	abstract = {http://hrcp-web.org/publication/book/annual-report-2011-english/

2011 was a mixed bag for human rights. There certainly were some\&nbsp;positives; some things remained unchanged; and then there were the\&nbsp;aggravations. Ratification of a key child rights instrument, extension of\&nbsp;Political Parties Act to FATA, introduction of laws to promote women{\textquoteright}s\&nbsp;rights, religious minorities getting representation in the Senate, and a\&nbsp;right to statutory bail for detainees in prisons are all steps that ought to\&nbsp;be welcomed.
Unfortunately, the inability to introduce implementation mechanisms\&nbsp;for international human rights treaties ratified by Pakistan remained\&nbsp;unchanged, as did the indifference to or complicity with banning women from voting, and curbing disappearances and extrajudicial killings. The\&nbsp;moratorium on executions stayed informal. The prisons remained at\&nbsp;breaking point. Nothing was done to revive elected student unions in\&nbsp;educational institutions or end the glut of weapons across the country.\&nbsp;The public education system remained a scandal, the budgetary\&nbsp;allocations to public healthcare fell even further, the government ceded\&nbsp;ground to extremists and was utterly unprepared at the framework level\&nbsp;to cope with internal displacement and its impact.},
	url = {http://hrcp-web.org/publication/book/annual-report-2011-english/}
}
