The Only Legal Solution to the Kashmir Dispute: Rectifying the United Nations Security Council’s Omission

Is the seventy-five-year stalemate in Jammu and Kashmir a failure of diplomacy-or a failure of law? In this groundbreaking volume, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sir Prof. h.c. Mehmet Şükrü Güzel identifies a critical ＂legal black hole＂ at the heart of the Jammu and Kashmir conflict. Moving beyond regional geopolitics, Güzel argues that the persistence of the dispute is the direct result of a systematic omission by the UNs Security Council. By failing to enforce the mandatory reporting requirements of Article 73(e) of the UN Charter, the UN Security Council has effectively abandoned its ＂sacred trust,＂ leaving the decolonization of Jammu and Kashmir in a state of dangerous legal limbo. Through a rigorous synthesis of academic articles, a formal open letter to UN Member States, and the legal framework of his 2023 Nobel Peace Prize nomination, Güzel presents: - The Junagadh Precedent: How India’s own legal arguments for a plebiscite in 1948 created a binding obligation of good faith (pacta sunt servanda). - Institutional Accountability: A technical analysis of the UNSC’s omission under the Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations. - The Path to Peace: A roadmap for an Emergency Special Session to rectify the omission and prevent a catastrophic nuclear confrontation. The Legal Solution to the Kashmir Dispute is an essential manifesto for anyone seeking to understand how the Rule of Law can finally resolve one of the most volatile crises of our time, prevent a potential nuclear confrontation and end decades long conflict.