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Afghanistan: Questions & answers on the establishment of an independent international accountability mechanism for Afghanistan

Since 2021, Afghan and international civil society organizations have emphasized the need for an independent international accountability mechanism with the mandate to investigate and collect, preserve and analyze evidence of grave violations and abuses in Afghanistan, with a view to advancing accountability. This document provides further details of the mandate such a mechanism should have,…

November 26, 2024
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Afghanistan

Armed Conflict

AFGHANISTAN: Oral Statement – HRC Should Urgently Establish An Independent International Accountability Mechanism

People in Afghanistan face extensive repression under the Taliban. In particular, severe restrictions on the rights of women and girls, together with the use of imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture, and other ill-treatment, may amount to the crime [against humanity] of gender persecution. The Taliban have shown no sign of reversing course or cooperating with the…

October 15, 2024
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Afghanistan

Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Afghanistan: Further information: Education activists released: Ahmad Fahim Azimi and Seddiqullah Afghan

Education activists Ahmad Fahim Azimi and Seddiqullah Afghan have been released after several months of arbitrary detention. Seddiqullah Afghan was released on 9 April 2024 as part of pardon for prisoners on Eid; Ahmad Fahim Azimi was released on 26 September 2024 by the Taliban court citing lack of evidence.

October 11, 2024
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UN

Geneva: UN HRC resolution on Afghanistan fails to deliver an adequate response to the escalating human rights crisis

Responding to the resolution on Afghanistan adopted yesterday at the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), which extended the vital mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan but yet again failed to establish an independent international accountability mechanism for the country, Smriti Singh, Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International,…

October 10, 2024
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Afghanistan

Impunity

Global: UN General Assembly must open formal negotiations on Crimes Against Humanity Convention

UN Member States should support a resolution to promptly begin formal negotiations of a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity, with the aim of strengthening the international justice framework and vastly reducing safe havens from investigation and prosecution for perpetrators, said Amnesty International today. The organization’s call comes as the UN…

October 9, 2024
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Afghanistan

Freedom of Association

Afghanistan: Oral statement on Item 6: Consideration of UPR reports, UN Human Rights Council 57th Session

Amnesty International delivered an oral statement before the UN Human Rights Council during the Consideration of UPR reports on Item 6.

September 27, 2024
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Afghanistan

Discrimination

Afghanistan: International legal initiative an important step toward tackling the Taliban’s war on women

Responding to the announcement by Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands during the UN General Assembly yesterday that they will initiate legal proceedings that could ultimately lead to action at the International Court of Justice against Afghanistan for numerous violations of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),…

September 26, 2024
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Afghanistan

Armed Groups

Afghanistan: Meaningful action needed at UN Human Rights Council to advance accountability for past and ongoing crimes under international law in Afghanistan

Ninety Afghan, regional and international non-governmental organizations have recently renewed their appeal to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to establish an independent investigative mechanism, complementary to the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan (Special Rapporteur), with a mandate to advance accountability for grave past and ongoing human…

September 26, 2024
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Afghanistan

Armed Groups

AFGHANISTAN: Amnesty International Calls for the Urgent Establishment of an Independent International Accountability Mechanism for Afghanistan

The deepening human rights crisis in Afghanistan requires international action to address the cycle of impunity in the country and demonstrates the urgent need for the United Nations (UN) to establish an independent international accountability mechanism for Afghanistan, with the mandate to investigate crimes under international law and other serious human rights violations.

September 18, 2024
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Afghanistan

Human Rights Defenders and Activists

AFGHANISTAN: Open Letter on Afghanistan to the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Afghanistan Open Letter

September 9, 2024
Afghanistan

Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Break the Silence: End human rights violations in Afghanistan

August 15, 2024
News

Afghanistan

Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Afghanistan: Three years of Taliban rule and international inaction have left Afghan community with little hope

The Afghan community is struggling with three years of unresolved frustration as the Taliban de facto authorities commit human rights violations and crimes under international law against the Afghan people, especially women and girls, with absolute impunity, said Amnesty International today. In a wide-ranging consultation with more than 150 stakeholders, including Afghan human rights defenders,…

August 15, 2024