Transitional Justice and Peace

NBC KABUL – Women’s rights in Afghanistan have regressed in the past year, increasing worry about what the future holds, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Thursday. As the country faces a large-scale troop withdrawal […]

Asia Foundation On December 11, 2013, The Asia Foundation, in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace, presented the findings of the 2013 Survey of the Afghan People. With the presidential election and the […]

On December the 10th 2013, fourth day of Celebration Week of Human Rights day (7-11 Dec 2013), Armanshahr Foundation and the Institut français d’Afghanistan (IFA) in Kabul jointly held a round table entitled “Custody policies and the respect for human rights: how to put an end to impunity?

On the occasion of the 12th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which takes place from 20 to 28 November 2013 in The Hague, FIDH […]

IRIN humanitarian news and analysis (a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) What will the humanitarian enterprise look like in 10-year-time? What are the risks, the opportunities? This new In-Depth […]

During the height of Canada’s combat deployment in southern Afghanistan, the young correspondent Graeme Smith stood out in the press corps because of his seniority in the city of Kandahar. Many journalists dropped in briefly, […]

Transitional Justice Theories is the first volume to approach the politically sensitive subject of post-conflict or post-authoritarian justice from a theoretical perspective. It combines contributions from distinguished scholars and practitioners as well as from emerging academics from different disciplines and provides an overview of conceptual approaches to the field.

By Rod Nordland New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan » So many people were buried alive by bulldozers in the barren fields around the Pul-e-Charkhi Prison on Kabul’s outskirts that guilty soldiers later said it was like […]

123rd Goftegu Public Debate (year VII): Women debate peace

28 Afghan human rights, women’s rights & civil society organisations & networks publish today an open letter to Ms. Navy Pillay, UN Human Rights Commissioner & draw her attention to serious human rights violations & offer detailed recommendations to the Gvt. of Afghanistan & the ICC.