Afghanistan
International Crimes Committed in Afghanistan: Towards ICC Prosecutions of All Operating Forces?
After a decade-long preliminary examination, the ICC Prosecutor requested the opening of an investigation into the situation in Afghanistan. Our organisations welcome this decision allowing for impunity for int. crimes committed since May 2003 to be addressed.
Friday، 3 November، 2017“I Won’t Be a Doctor, and One Day You’ll Be Sick”
Sixteen years after the US-led military intervention that ousted the Taliban government, an estimated two-thirds of Afghan girls do not go to school.
Wednesday، 25 October، 2017Afghan activists urge progress in ICC war crimes probe
AFP Afghan human rights groups urged the International Criminal Court on Wednesday to speed up a war crimes probe in their country, as they prepared to meet the tribunal’s chief prosecutor. “We are hoping that […]
Friday، 14 April، 2017OXFAM: A place at the table Safeguarding women‟s rights in Afghanistan
OXFAM Briefing Paper ‘Women want peace but not at the cost of losing our freedom again.’ Noorjahan Akbar, co-founder of Young Women for Change Women in Afghanistan have achieved real progress in areas such as political […]
Friday، 4 March، 2016Afghanistan: Forced Gynecological Exams As Sexual Harassment and Human Rights Violation
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) READ AND DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT HERE Most of the women accused of the crimes, defined by the judicial and justice organs as moral crimes undergo medical tests. They are […]
Friday، 4 March، 2016Sexual Assault in the Name of Science in Afghanistan
HRW Heather Barr/ Senior Researcher, Women’s Rights Division Each year, dozens or even hundreds of women and girls in Afghanistan are subjected to invasive, humiliating, and sometimes painful vaginal and rectal exams in the name of […]
Friday، 4 March، 2016The long arc of justice in Afghanistan
No one knows who killed Islam Bibi. The 37-year old police lieutenant, the most senior female officer in southern Afghanistan’s dangerous Helmand province, was riding a motorcycle to work in early July with her son-in-law, when she was shot and killed.
Thursday، 15 August، 2013The UK Approach to Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The UK Approach to Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Wednesday، 12 June، 2013UK’s use of drones in Afghanistan ‘may be in breach of international law’
Campaigning lawyers challenge legal defence set out by RAF as six protesters await trial over mass trespass of UK drone HQl Owen Bowcott, legal affairs correspondent The Guardian, Saturday 8 June 2013 An RAF MQ-9 […]
Monday، 10 June، 2013Human Rights in Afghanistan: a call for greater commitment by the Afghan government and the UN system
Last Update 22 March 2013 Last Tuesday, the UN Security Council renewed the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until 19 March 2014. FIDH and Armanshahr Foundation/OPEN ASIA, in a joint paper […]
Friday، 22 March، 2013
