Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper : joint staff advisory note

Published: Washington/D.C : IMF, 2006

Afghanistan: post-conflict environmental assessment

Published: o.O, 2003

Afghanistan: report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review : Human Rights Council, twelfth session, agenda item 6

Published: New York/N.Y, 2009

The war in Afghanistan: what strategy for Europe? : Fifty-sixth session. Report submitted on behalf of the Defence Committee

by: Kucheida, Jean Pierre
Published: Paris : Assembly of Western European Union, 2009

Report of the Security Council mission to Afghanistan, 11 to 16 November 2006

Published: Washington/D.C, 2006

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper : joint staff advisory note

Published: Washington/D.C, 2008

Arbitrary detention in Afghanistan : a call for action

Throughout Afghanistan, Afghans are arbitrarily detained by police, prosecutors, judges, and detention center officials with alarming regularity. It is systemic and occurs in a variety of forms. Arbitrary detention violates the Constitution of Afghanistan, and the international human rights standards to which Afghanistan has committed. In particular, it violates the right of all Afghans to liberty and to due process of law and erodes their dignity. Another consequence of arbitrary detention is overcrowding in Afghanistan's detention centers. Also, arbitrary detention often places detainees' families under unnecessary socio-economic hardship because income and social standing is lost. Widespread arbitrary detention erodes public confidence in the judicial system and in the government as well. To reverse this pattern, the Government of Afghanistan (GoA) committed to develop and implement corrective measures both in the Afghanistan Compact and the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS), as well as in the National Justice Progamme. In order to assist the GoA in its efforts, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), with the cooperation of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), monitored detainees in Ministry of Interior (MoI) [police] and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) detention facilities throughout Afghanistan from November 2006-July 2008. This report draws upon this field monitoring to discuss the patterns and causes of arbitrary detention and to make recommendations on measures to effectively combat it. This report does not cover conflict-related detentions, including those by the National Directorate for Security (NDS) or international military forces (IMF). First, monitoring found that Afghans are often detained without a legal basis, including for so-called 'moral crimes', breaches of contractual obligations, for family disputes, or to pressure a relative or associate into confession. Second, there are indications that Afghans have been detained in order to deny them fundamental rights, particularly that of freedom of expression and many of the fundamental rights of women. Third, Afghans are detained without enjoying essential procedural protections, rendering many detentions arbitrary

Political developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan : fifty-fourth session. Report submitted on behalf of the Political Committee

by: Dzembritzki, Detlef
Published: Paris : Assembly of Western European Union, 2008

European forces in Afghanistan: learning lessons : fifty-second session ; report submitted on behalf of the Defence Committee

by: Kucheida, Jean Pierre
Published: Paris : WEU, 2006

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Parliamentary elections 18 September 2010 ; OSCE/ODIHR election support team report

Published: Warsaw, 2010

Treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan custody

Published: Kabul : United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan [u.a.], 2011

Peace-building and COIN in Afghanistan: the view of NGOs : what is really needed?

by: Maaß, Citha D.
Published in: Sicherheit und Frieden (2010)

Pakistan coercion, UN complicity : the mass forced return of Afghan refugees

Published: New York/N.Y, 2017

Needs assessment country report

Published: Kabul, 2014

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation and the activities of her office, including technical cooperation, in Nepal : Human Rights Council, thirteenth session, agenda item 6

Published: New York/N.Y, 2010