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Jul 18, 2010 | 17 civil society actors, representing more than 200 civil society organisations, and several media organisations, unite before the approaching Kabul Conference to ask the Afghan Government to pass the draft Act of Access to Information prepared by Civil Society and Human Rights Network to grant Afghan citizens their constitutional right following Art 50 to access information. According to a recent survey in 2010, bribery has doubled in the last three years and amounts close to one billion dollars. The lack of information provides a prosperous environment for corruption, bribery and deprives citizens from accessing public services provided by the Afghan government and foreign assistance. Dec 10, 2009 | Statement of Afghanistan Watch on the 10th of December the Universal Human Rights Day and Victims Day in Afghanistan more April 5, 2009 |The Law on Private Matters of the Shiites in Afghanistan more |
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 This year I had the opportunity to attend the Assembly of States Parties(ASP) of the International Criminal Court(ICC) as a representative of the Afghanistan Watch. The organization has recently been chosen as the Focal Point of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court(CICC) in the country.Read More  The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established on July 1, 2002. At the beginning 22 countries of the world supported establishment of the (ICC). By 2003 about a 100 countries of the world signed and ratified the Rome Statute.Read More  A short report on the televised debate between three prominent candidates of Afghanistan’s presidential elections: Hamid Karzai, Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Dr. Ramazan Bashardost. Sunday, August 16, 2009 Read More: English Dari |
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Remembering the Victims
Statement of Afghanistan Watch on the 10th of December the Universal Human Rights Day and Victims Day in Afghanistan
The 10th of December is the Universal Day of Human Rights and officially designated Victims Day as recognition of the suffering of millions of victims of war and human rights violation in Afghanistan. The day was officially announced by President Karzai as part of a larger process of accountability and truth-seeking for the horrors and crimes of the years of war in 2006. This was part of the Action Plan for Peace, Justice and Reconciliation a formal policy framework adopted by the Afghanistan State to make a break with the recent painful history of the country and build solid foundations for sustainable peace and stability.
The Day is marked amidst an ongoing war, continuous violations of human rights and a climate of impunity that has been entrenched after eights years of international intervention and political process in the country. A growing insurgency has dominated significant parts of the country and extension and expansion of accountable and effective law enforcement and justice institutions in many parts of the country are yet to be materialized.
Afghanistan Watch would like to take the opportunity to highlight its key concerns regarding the situation of human rights in the country:
- Despite its official launch, the Afghanistan State has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Action Plan for Peace, Reconciliation and Justice. We call on President Karzai to announce a fresh commitment to build sustainable peace and genuine national reconciliation by reinvigorating the Action Plan.
- Fighting the pervasive culture of impunity must be a top priority of the international intervention and assistance in Afghanistan. The history of the past eight years should have clearly shown that peace, stability and social and economic development can be sustained only if they are based on justice, respect of human rights of the people of Afghanistan and genuine reconciliation that addresses the underlying causes of conflict and instability.
- There are growing calls for political settlements and negotiations with the insurgents. This process has so far lacked the necessary transparency and has mainly been conceived as a response to the spread of insurgency and escalation of the war. We urge all domestic and international stakeholders to ensure justice, transparency and accountability and broadest possible participation and involvement of the civil society in the process.
December 10, 2009
Kabul Afghanistan
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14 December 2009
Middle East Institute Viewpoints: Afghanistan, 1979-2009: In the Grip of Conflict • www.mei.edu
By: Abdul Jalil Benish, director of Afghanistan Watch
Impunity in Afghanistan is like an unwritten law which benefits the wealthiest and most powerful criminals.Read More
Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Co-Founder of Afghanistan Watch writes on The Relevance of the ICC in the Context of Afghanistan in the ICC Monitor, the Journal of the Coalition of the International Criminal Court
The relevance of the ICC has been keenly felt in Afghanistan since 2001. During this period, human rights violations have continued unabated, a culture of impunity and lack of accountability has been further entrenched, and the Afghan state has displayed a chronic lack of commitment to hold accountable those responsible for heinous crimes and massive human rights abuses.
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