International law on kashmir dispute

The festering issue of Kashmir, despite the concerted efforts by all the stakeholders including the United Nations, has been a  source of  serious tensions and bloody wars between India and Pakistan. Notwithstanding the development of human rights and self-determination covenants and all the tall claims for universal independence by the world community, this issue has lingered on for the past sixty years as a scar on human conscious. Pakistan, on the one hand, maintains that the issue should be resolved according to the wishes of the people of Jammu & Kashmir. India, on the other hand, considers this territory as being an indispensable part of its dominion, in spite of  the  various resolutions of  United Nations Security Council saying to  the  contrary. This explains India's reluctance to even discuss this issue till the recent past; but now, owing to the international pressure, both countries have started a composite dialogue on, inter alia, the issue of Jammu & Kashmir. This lecture would consider the legal aspects of the issue, ignoring the political analysis.