Afghanistan: Amnesty International Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Fifth session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council, May 2009

Afghanistan: Amnesty International Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Fifth session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council, May 2009

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review. In this document the organization raises concern in relation to the 2004 Constitution and the rule of law, the death penalty and unfair trials, and transitional justice and impunity. It also describes concerns in relation to the erosion of freedom of expression, women’s human rights, civilians caught in the conflict, and internally displaced people and returnees.