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Afghanistan

Country Information 162
Reference Documents 1

Abduction 3
Access to procedures 2
Arbitrary arrest and detention 12
Armed forces / Military 12
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 21
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 10
Border controls 2
Border crossers 2
Child labour 2
Child soldiers 1
Children's rights 9
Children-at-risk 7
Civil and political rights 2
Civil war 4
Combatants / Former combatants 1
Conflict resolution 1
Conflict situation 4
Convention against Torture (CAT) 2
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 4
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
Corruption 4
Crimes against humanity 4
Criminal justice 4
Death in custody 1
Death penalty 6
Demobilization / Disarmament 3
Deportation / Forcible return 5
Disappeared persons 3
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1
Domestic violence 5
Drug trafficking 1
Effective remedy 3
Election law 1
Elections 8
Embargo 1
Equality before the law 1
Expulsion 4
Extrajudicial executions 9
Flight by land, air or sea 1
Forced labour 1
Forced marriage 4
Foreign occupation 1
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 14
Freedom of assembly and association 9
Freedom of expression 16
Freedom of information 6
Freedom of movement 3
Freedom of religion 1
Freedom of speech 6
Gender discrimination 9
Gender-based persecution 4
Good governance 5
Gross, systematic and large-scale 1
Harmful traditional practices 2
Hazara 2
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
Human Rights Council 1
Human rights activists 8
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 26
Human rights law 1
Human rights monitors 1
Humanitarian assistance 2
IDP camps 1
Immunity 2
Impunity 8
Independence of judiciary 1
Internal armed conflict 8
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 4
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 4
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 2
International armed conflict 3
International courts and tribunals 2
International criminal law 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 7
Juvenile justice system 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 3
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 2
Livelihoods 1
Maternal and child health care 1
Migrant rights 1
Migrants 10
Military courts 1
Military law 2
Military operations 13
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 2
National security / Public order 1
Opposition 1
Peace agreements 2
Peace process 4
Peacekeeping 3
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 2
Persecution based on political opinion 2
Persons with disabilities 2
Police 7
Political parties 4
Political situation 11
Pre-trial detention 2
Prison or detention conditions 13
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 13
Public health 2
Racial / Ethnic persecution 2
Reception 2
Reconciliation 1
Refoulement 2
Refugee / Asylum law 2
Refugee camps 1
Refugee identity documents 2
Refugee seamen 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
Refugees 18
Registration 3
Reintegration 1
Rejection at border 4
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Residence permits / Residency 2
Return conditions 1
Right to education 8
Right to employment 3
Right to food 1
Right to health 3
Right to justice 4
Right to liberty and security 1
Right to seek asylum 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 10
SGBV 18
Safe third country 1
Secondary movement 2
Security forces 19
Security situation 20
Sharia law 1
Shia 3
Single heads of household 1
Terrorism 12
Torture 3
Trafficking in persons 1
Transit 1
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 4
Unaccompanied / Separated children 4
Voluntary repatriation 2
War crimes 8
Women's rights 39
Women-at-risk 12

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Afghanistan: Torturer's Deportation from UK Poses Threat to Witnesses 15 December 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
Afghanistan: Shia Bombing Spotlights Need to Protect 21 November 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
Afghanistan: Donors Should Uphold Rights Gains 2 October 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
Pakistan: Coerced Refugee Return Endangers Thousands 14 September 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
Afghanistan: Security Forces Assault Reporters 1 September 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
"Education on the Front Lines" - Military Use of Schools in Afghanistan's Baghlan Province 17 August 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
Afghanistan: Forces Linked to Vice President Terrorize Villagers 31 July 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
Hungary: Migrants Abused at the Border 13 July 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
"They Bear All the Pain" - Hazardous Child Labor in Afghanistan 13 July 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
Afghanistan: NATO Should Strengthen Civilian Protection 6 July 2016 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News

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