Amnesty International urges International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan to conduct a full investigation in Afghanistan into all parties to the conflict and to urgently reconsider his decision to ‘deprioritise’ investigations into Article 5 crimes allegedly committed by Afghan National Security Forces and the armed forces of the United States of America and its Central Intelligence Agency. Failure to do so would present grave questions on the ICC-OTP’s future legitimacy and purpose.
Index Number: IOR 53/4842/2021