Afghanistan

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Human rights and fundamental freedoms 63
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Impunity 22
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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 58
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International armed conflict 29
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International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 13
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Livelihoods 25
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Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
Mercenaries 1
Migrant rights 3
Migrants 10
Military courts 4
Military law 2
Military operations 48
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 5
Minorities 16
Minority rights 4
Muslim 12
National security / Public order 3
Nomads 4
Non-refoulement 4
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Nuristanis 5
Older persons 3
Opposition 4
Panjshiris 2
Pashtun 13
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Peace agreements 1
Peace process 9
Peacekeeping 18
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Persons with disabilities 8
Police 22
Political groups 29
Political parties 35
Political situation 141
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
Pre-trial detention 6
Prison or detention conditions 34
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Prosecution vs persecution 1
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 5
Protection of camps 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 29
Protestant 1
Public health 15
Racial / Ethnic persecution 6
Reconciliation 12
Refoulement 4
Refugee / Asylum law 8
Refugee camps 4
Refugee identity documents 3
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
Refugees 56
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Registration 2
Reintegration 9
Rejected asylum-seekers 3
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Religious discrimination 2
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 6
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Returnees 26
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 24
Right to employment 12
Right to family life 2
Right to food 3
Right to health 8
Right to justice 3
Right to liberty and security 2
Right to life 5
Right to registration at birth 1
Right to return 1
Right to seek asylum 3
Right to self-determination 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 47
SGBV 53
Sabean Mandean 1
Salafi 1
Sanctions 1
Secondary movement 1
Security forces 59
Security situation 157
Sexual and reproductive rights 4
Sharia law 5
Shia 6
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Single heads of household 1
Smuggling of persons 1
Social group discrimination 3
Spontaneous return 1
State of emergency 1
State protection 3
Statelessness 2
Sufi 3
Sunni 6
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
Tajik 10
Terrorism 36
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Torture 2
Trafficking in persons 17
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Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 11
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 5
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Urban refugees 3
Uzbek 10
Visas 1
Voluntary repatriation 20
War crimes 9
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Women's rights 72
Women-at-risk 27

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Afghanistan: Human Rights and Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict Special Report on Kunduz Province December 2015 \| Publisher: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) \| Document type: Country Reports
"What Are You Doing Here?" - Police Abuses Against Afghans in Pakistan 18 November 2015 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
Child Notice Afghanistan November 2015 \| Publisher: UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) \| Document type: Country Reports
"90% real" – The rise and fall of a rentier economy: Stories from Kandahar, Afghanistan November 2015 \| Publisher: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) \| Document type: Country Reports
Country Information and Guidance - Afghanistan: Hindus and Sikhs November 2015 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office \| Document type: Country Reports
Helmand on the Move: Migration as a Response to Crop Failure October 2015 \| Publisher: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) \| Document type: Country Reports
Briefing note on fieldwork in Balkh Province, May 2015 Opium poppy and rural livelihoods October 2015 \| Publisher: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) \| Document type: Country Reports
Reaching Boiling Point: High School Activism in Afghanistan October 2015 \| Publisher: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) \| Document type: Country Reports
Taking village context into account in Afghanistan - Briefing paper 18 - September 2015 30 September 2015 \| Publisher: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) \| Document type: Country Reports
The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security : report of the Secretary-General 1 September 2015 \| Publisher: UN General Assembly \| Document type: Country Reports

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