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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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Truth, No 17, August 15, 2010  Download: English DariTruth, No 16, July 31, 2010  Download: English Dari |
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Afghanistan Victims Speak out on Justice and Peace
TJCG statement on Peace Jirga
KABUL, Afghanistan – At least 1.5 million people have perished in armed conflict and violent repression in Afghanistan since 1978, and millions more have been bereaved, maimed and displaced. The Afghan government and international community talk about reconciliation, but what do the people want? What kind of peace do victims of war and human rights violations envision?
These questions will be explored in an unprecedented way on May 9, when more than 100 representatives of victims associations from across Afghanistan will gather at the Sitara Hotel for a Victim’s Jirga for Justice ahead of the government-sponsored Peace Jirga. This event will provide a forum for the ideas of the excluded majority in the reconciliation debate – the people of Afghanistan.
Nader Nadery, transitional justice commissioner for the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, will open the jirga. Victims’ representatives from each region will then address the jirga and put forward the views of their constituencies. The speakers will recount personal stories of human rights violations during different phases of conflict between 1978 and the present. This will provide an opportunity for validation of victims’ experiences across different segments of society.
At the conclusion of the jirga, a public statement representing the views of victims and civil society will be presented to the Afghan government and international community.
On May 10th, the day after the Victims’ Jirga, representatives of victims associations will visit a mass grave site [location to be announced later] to hold a memorial ceremony. Members of the press are encouraged to attend this remembrance of Afghanistan’s forgotten victims of war and persecution.
Organized by the Transitional Justice Coordination Group, a coalition of 24 civil society organizations active on issues of transitional justice, the Victims’ Jirga will be the first time victims groups from every region of the country come together in one location to share their experiences. It will be an occasion to strengthen the victims’ movement at the national level and will ignite a much-needed public debate on reconciliation, peace and justice in the immediate lead up to the official Peace Jirga.
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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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