Report of the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, M. Cherif Bassiouni

By M. Cherif Bassiouni

Subjects: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ECONOMIC, HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS, Afghanistan. Human Rights Commission, International Security Assistance Force, RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, UN. Commission on Human Rights. Independent Expert on Human Rights in Afghanistan, AFGHANISTAN, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, RULE OF LAW, INSTITUTION BUILDING, MILITARY DEMOBILIZATION, POLICE, DRUG TRAFFIC, ARMED FORCES, TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, DISABLED PERSONS, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, INTERNAL SECURITY, AFGHAN REFUGEES, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, ELECTIONS, EDUCATION, POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION, DISPLACED PERSONS, Afghan National Armed Forces, OPIUM POPPY, Recommendations, HUMAN RIGHTS, PRISONER TREATMENT, WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Description: In the present report the Independent Expert welcomes recent developments regarding a national transitional justice strategy for Afghanistan; draws attention, however, to continuing human rights violations including repressive acts by factional commanders; arbitrary arrest and other violations by State security forces; unregulated activities of private security contractors; threats to human rights posed by the expanding illegal drug industry; sub-standard conditions in prisons; violations of women's rights; abuses linked to customary law decisions; violations of children's rights; inadequate attention to the disabled; land claims and other issues faced by returning refugees and IDPs; and arbitrary arrest, illegal detentions and abuses committed by the United States-led Coalition forces.