Human Rights

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.

In the past 23 years, Armanshahr has adopted a holistic view and cultural approach and concentrated its work in the field of human rights on combating war & militarism, promoting justice, defending victims, combating systematic violence against women & achieving a just & enduring peace.

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.

Qantara – Celebrated Indian novelist Arundhati Roy, best known for works such as “The God of Small Things” and “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness”, has also made a name for herself as an essayist and […]

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 […]

Watch Interview with Rodolfo Domínguez Márquez, Human Rights lawyer and feminist by Guissou Jahangiri FIDH Vice-President and Exec.dir of Armanshahr | OPENASIA

Wazhma Frogh, co-founder of the Women and Peace Studies Organization in Afghanistan and member of the Afghan Women’s Network, reflects on the importance of women’s participation in the ongoing Afghan peace process. 

In an appalling decision, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II decided not to grant the Prosecutor’s request to open an investigation into alleged crimes committed in Afghanistan.

Cultural arrogance has long been a feature of Western journalism and it continues to flourish. But can journalists really describe the world from the perspective of a Yemeni housewife, a shepherdess in Bhutan or an elderly Senegalese fisherman?

In “Capernaum”, Nadine Labaki tells the dismal story of Zain, a boy living on the streets of Beirut. She calls the system behind it “modern slavery”.