The Pakistani government should quickly reintroduce legislation to protect women and children from domestic violence.

Eight years of global efforts to combat terrorism have taught us that the use of torture and ill-treatment is deeply counterproductive.

The Commonwealth has developed a 21st-century role – as a haven for serial human rights abusers.

The UK government should immediately order an independent judicial inquiry into the role and complicity of British security services in the torture of terrorism suspects in Pakistan.

The Pakistani government and armed forces should ensure that civilians who cannot escape the intensified fighting in South Waziristan have sufficient access to food, health care, and other necessities.

Governments in countries with caste systems should respond to the call from a top UN official to end this form of discrimination.

The UK government should order an independent judicial inquiry into mounting evidence that its security services and law enforcement agencies were complicit in the torture of terrorism suspects in Pakistan.

In the event of military operations in South Waziristan, Pakistani armed forces and Taliban militants should allow civilians sufficient time to evacuate conflict areas to minimize civilian casualties and suffering.