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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 […]

FRTR Consulting Tuesday, June 18th at 8 PM, Les Mardis de l’ESSEC will have the honor to conclure their debate season with an exceptional event. We will receive 15 Afghan women leaders – in the […]

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.

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

As the country prepares for its annual Victory Day parade, a movie on the Soviet war in Afghanistan is raising uncomfortable questions.

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. 

The assembly, known as a loya jirga, was convened by President Ashraf Ghani to debate Afghanistan’s path to peace. Organizers proudly pointed out that 30 percent of the 3,200 delegates were women. But several female delegates said they felt ignored, marginalized or patronized.

Afghanistan’s environment has been a casualty of the country’s years of war.

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.