Reports

NEW YORK/KABUL, 17 September 2021 – “UNICEF welcomes news that secondary schools in Afghanistan will be open tomorrow after closing down for months due to COVID-19. “We are deeply worried, however, that many girls may not be…

UNITED NATIONS, New York – “My country is in a humanitarian crisis,” said Yalda Royan, an Afghan women’s rights advocate, speaking ahead of a high-level meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, held at the United…

SC/14639 The Security Council decided today to extend until 17 March 2022 the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), as defined in its resolution 2543 (2020), and reiterated its full support to the…

Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo As reported on 18 August 2021: In Nyabiondo region, Masisi territory, North Kivu province, armed groups were repeatedly pillaging IDP sites and abusing IDPs. Reportedly, more than 50 IDPs were incarcerated by…

Kabul – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) continues to expand its relief operations across Afghanistan in response to mounting, complex humanitarian needs fuelled by drought and conflict while reengaging established livelihood, community development and infrastructure…

Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES INTENSIFY IN AFGHANISTAN Consistent reports of…

Concluding a three-day visit to Afghanistan today, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed for urgent and sustained support for Afghans inside the country and for refugees who have fled abroad. “The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan…

48th Session of the Human Rights Council 13 September 2021 Madam President, Excellencies, I present this update pursuant to resolution S-31/1, adopted at the Council's Special Session on Afghanistan on 24 August. Since that discussion, the people of Afghanistan have faced…

Afghanistan’s international human rights obligations Despite the drastic changes unfolding in Afghanistan, the State continues to bear a legal obligation under international human rights law to guarantee the human rights of women. Specifically, as a State party…

South: Returnees are in need of food and shelter In the reporting period, the security situation in the south remained calm but uncertain. Some security incidents and violence were reported in Uruzgan and Kandahar provinces. Civilians including…