Rapports

Geneva/Kabul (ICRC) - The main conflict-related challenges faced by Afghans in 2010 will persist in 2011, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today. According to the ICRC, those challenges are civilian casualties, internal displacement, and insufficient access to…

The human rights situation is worsening worldwide and especially in the important emerging economies of Pakistan, China, Russia, Colombia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, India, Philippines and Mexico. These are the findings of the Human Rights Risk Atlas 2011…

PRESS CONFERENCE (near verbatim transcript) Kabul - 9 December 2010 UNAMA: Good morning. Thank you all for coming. Today's launch of UNAMA's human rights report: Harmful Traditional Practices and Implementation of the Law on the Elimination of Violence against Women in…

Executive Summary Widespread harmful traditional practices - child marriage, giving away girls for dispute resolution, forced isolation in the home, exchange marriage and "honour" killings - cause suffering, humiliation and marginalization for millions of Afghan women and girls. Such practices are…

9 December 2010, Kabul - Harmful traditional practices that violate the human rights of women and girls are pervasive in Afghanistan, occurring in varying degrees in all communities throughout the country, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said…

The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Cabinet Committee on Afghanistan, today released the Government of Canada's 10th quarterly report on Canada's engagement in Afghanistan. The report covers the period from July 1 to…

One year after President Obama's announcement of the Afghanistan strategy, the country continues to slide into crisis. The U.S.-led military surge in the south is driving insecurity north, causing thousands to flee. Internal displacement has increased by 50 percent…

Introduction This case study explores the links between landmine contamination and post-conflict land rights issues in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a landlocked country located in south-western Asia, bordered by Iran, Pakistan, China and the three central Asian countries. Rocky mountains and deserts…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As a result of the violent conflict, humanitarian needs in Afghanistan remain high, in particular for the chronically vulnerable rural population with low coping capacities. Humanitarian needs include food and nutrition security, forced displacement, access to water, sanitation and…

28 November 2010 - A media house in the east of Afghanistan has started broadcasting articles of an Afghan law that seeks to end violence against women, coinciding with the start of a 16-day global campaign against violence against…