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FIDH Recommendations to the 12th Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court
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 […]
Thursday 21 November 2013Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights responds to Armanshahr and 27 Afghanistan HR organisations
In a letter of 8 November 2013, Navi Pillay, UN Human Rights Commissioner states: “I share your concern about any backtracking on gains made with regards to women’s rights in Afghanistan, especially in light of the elections […]
Friday 15 November 2013Afghans Flee Homes as U.S. Pulls Back
Wall Street Journal By MARGHERITA STANCATI in Kabul and RACHEL PANNETT in Makassar, Indonesia More than 590,000 Afghans had been displaced by fighting and Taliban threats by late August. Wazira, a 37-year-old mother of six, abandoned her home and […]
Thursday 14 November 2013Festival Cinéma et Droit Humain 13-19 Nov. 2013 Amnesty International Paris
La 4e édition du Festival cinéma et droits humains du 13 au 19 novembre 2013, tous les soirs à 20h au Cinéma le Saint André des Arts à Paris. Onze courts-métrages en compétition, et six longs-métrages dont la projection sera suivie d’un débat.
Wednesday 13 November 2013That Other Big Afghan Crisis, the Growing Army of Addicts
The number of drug users in Afghanistan is estimated to be as high as 1.6 million, or about 5.3 percent of the population, among the highest rates in the world. Nationwide, one in 10 urban households has at least one drug user.
Monday 11 November 2013126th Goftegu Public Debate (year VIII): Who carries the torch of knowledge? – Invitation
126th (year VIII) debate GOFTEGU: Who carries the torch of knowledge? On the occasion of International days of teachers & students and to mark the beginning of Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA’s 8th year of public debates. In collaboration with IFA & Ibn Sina University.
Wednesday 30 October 2013An American Bride in Kabul: ‘I once lived in a harem in Afghanistan’
The GlobalandMail REVIEWED BY ILANA TEITELBAUM Special to The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Oct. 25 2013 “I once lived in a harem in Afghanistan” is the gripping opening sentence of An American Bride in Kabul, in which […]
Saturday 26 October 2013The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Graeme Smith’s account is compulsory reading on Canada’s role in Afghanistan
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, […]
Friday 25 October 2013Uzbekistan under review by the UN Committee against Torture: report on Uzbekistan’s implementation of the CAT
Uzbek Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law (UBHRRL), with the support of FIDH, published a report on “Uzbekistan’s Implementation of the UN Convention against Torture “.
Monday 21 October 2013Just and modern societies cannot be founded on killing: abolish the death penalty!
“Long live death!” is how Franco’s militias sometimes celebrated their victories during the 1930s Spanish civil war. Yes, there have always been – and remain – those States that champion death over life, barbarism over reason. And what better symbol of this outmoded ideology than the death penalty?
Thursday 10 October 2013
