A human rights body has strongly condemned the recent directive from the Balochistan government that compelled families to submit sworn affidavits disowning relatives accused of "militancy", under threat of "criminal prosecution, confiscation of property, and withdrawal of state benefits". "This order constitutes collective punishment in direct contravention of international human rights and humanitarian law. According to the HRCB, the directive is particularly abhorrent in how it treats the families of victims of enforced disappearance. The rights body urged the international community, the United Nations human rights mechanisms, and legal experts to unequivocally denounce this "draconian and unlawful policy." "Anything less perpetuates a cycle of repression that may amount to state-sanctioned persecution of an entire population," the HRCB added.