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HRW: Afghanistan: CIA-Backed Forces Commit Atrocities
US Central Intelligence Agency -backed Afghan forces have committed summary executions & other grave abuses without accountability. These strike forces have unlawfully killed civilians during night raids, forcibly disappeared detainees, & attacked healthcare facilities.
Thursday 31 October 2019IRAN: New report documents the systematic criminalisation of human rights defenders
(Paris, Geneva) Human rights defenders in Iran, long-time targets of the government, have been subjected to systematic judicial harassment since late 2017. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT partnership, sheds […]
Thursday 22 August 2019Amicus Curiae Observations Armanshahr|OPEN ASIA, FIDH, Afghanistan-Transitional Justice Coordination Group (TJCG)
ICC The Afghanistan-Transitional Justice Coordination Group (TJCG), Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA, and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), (collectively the “Organisations”) respectfully submit these submissions pursuant to the ‘Decision on the “Request for Leave to Submit […]
Wednesday 17 July 2019For Afghans, International Justice Day is little cause for celebration
The ICC has effectively turned its back on the tens of thousands of Afghan victims of a never ending war, write Amal Nassar, Guissou Jahangiri and Anushka Sehmi.
Wednesday 17 July 2019TAJIKISTAN: How human rights defenders are being squeezed out
The report Their last stand? How human rights defenders are being squeezed out inTajikistan, published by the World Organisation Against Torture and FIDH,outlines how the authorities have increasingly restricted the legal space to provide assistance to victims of human rights violations & torture.
Tuesday 2 July 2019We Oppose War, Sanctions and Repression: Statement by Iranian Women’s Rights Defenders
Iranian women’s rights activists statement condemning the threat of war and sanctions against Iran. They urge the UN, European powers & int. women’s movements to use all in their power to stop this unnecessary and preventable march to war.
Wednesday 29 May 2019ICC fails victims in Afghanistan; “Interests of justice” rationale rings hollow
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court PRESS RELEASE 15 April 2019 THE HAGUE, NEW YORK: Political considerations have overridden legal precedents and the concerns of victims in Afghanistan, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court […]
Tuesday 21 May 2019Saudi Arabia: One year on, crackdown on women’s rights defenders continues
FIDHParis-Geneva, May 15, 2019 – Today marks one year since the beginning of a crackdown on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia. Dozens of women and men have been arbitrarily arrested, detained and still face […]
Tuesday 21 May 2019Afghan Women Six Point Agenda for Moscow Peace Talks:
Decades of factional wars, the Taliban rule, and the losses sustained during the insurgency and counter-insurgency have left millions of Afghan women widowed, children orphaned, and men disabled.
Thursday 21 February 2019VICTIMS AT THE CENTER OF JUSTICE: Reflections on the Promises and the Reality of Victim Participation at the ICC (1998-2018)
Representations in Afghanistan: Unprecedented Challenges & Lessons Learned, K. Wigard, G. Jahangiri, Z. Moballegh & Challenges for Legal representation of Victims of U.S. Torture on Territory of Afghanistan & other ICC States Parties, K. Gallagher
Wednesday 12 December 2018
