Reports

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes today briefed journalists at the Palais des Nations in Geneva about his recent mission to Afghanistan and on the effects of the global food crisis worldwide. Situation in…

Executive Summary Trafficking in persons is a crime that can impair a personality and even destroy a human life and it gravely affects today's Afghanistan as a source, transit and destination country. The traffickers ruthlessly exploit men, women and children…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Ninth session Agenda item 3 I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 51/77 and other subsequent resolutions of the Assembly on the rights of the child, including its most recent, resolution 62/141, in which…

As Taleban flee and residents return, opposing sides both claim victory. By IWPR contributors in Kandahar and Abaceen Nasimi in Kabul Life is returning to normal in Arghandab, a verdant corner of the generally arid Kandahar province. Most of the Taleban fighters…

Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has given a government declaration in front of the German Bundestag on the results of the Paris Afghanistan Conference held in mid-June. He stressed the fact that civilian reconstruction will continue to be the…

CRC/C/OPAC/USA/CO/1 COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Forty-eighth session Concluding observations: United States of America 1. The Committee considered the initial report of the United States of America (CRC/C/OPAC/USA/1) at its 1321st meeting (see CRC/C/SR.1321), held on 22 May 2008, and…

FOREWORD In 2007, natural and man-made disasters continued to take a toll on the lives of people. Flooding, cyclones, landslides and tropical storms have threatened lives and livelihoods on every continent. And in many parts of the world, from Somalia…

I. INTRODUCTION State Parties recognise the right of every child alleged as, accused of, or recognised as having infringed the penal law to be treated in a manner consistent with the promotion of the child’s sense of dignity and worth,…

KABUL, 24 June 2008 - A new study on the situation of Children in conflict with law by the Afghan Independent Human Right Commission (AIHRC) in collaboration with UNICEF will be released tomorrow, 25 June in Kabul. The study urges…

Major news media reports have repeated the allegation that the Taliban have recently laid mines in Arghandab District of Kandahar Province. The news reports do not specify if these are antipersonnel mines. "The reports of antipersonnel mine use by the Taliban…