Afghanistan

Country Information 846
Reference Documents 2

Abduction 24
Access to procedures 9
Access to water 11
Administrative courts 2
Administrative law 1
Africans 1
Aimaq 2
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
Anti-terrorism law 3
Appeal / Right to appeal 2
Arabs 1
Arbitrary arrest and detention 38
Armed attacks on camps 1
Armed forces / Military 59
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 84
Asylum policy 5
Asylum-migration nexus 2
Asylum-seekers 30
Baha'i 6
Baluchis 2
Blood feuds 7
Border conflict 5
Border controls 2
Border crossers 1
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
Capacity building of state institutions 3
Ceasefire 1
Cessation clauses 1
Changes of circumstances in home country 1
Child labour 17
Child prostitution 6
Child soldiers 17
Children's rights 50
Children-at-risk 44
Christian 7
Civil and political rights 18
Civil rights legislation 1
Civil war 9
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
Combatants / Former combatants 5
Communal conflict / Social conflict 9
Complementary forms of protection 1
Conflict prevention 1
Conflict resolution 14
Conflict situation 58
Constitutional law 8
Contemporary forms of slavery 1
Convention against Torture (CAT) 3
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 7
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 4
Corruption 48
Country of origin information (COI) 5
Credibility assessment 1
Crime prevention 1
Crimes against humanity 5
Criminal justice 22
Customary law 2
Death in custody 3
Death penalty 21
Demobilization / Disarmament 4
Democracy 8
Deportation / Forcible return 9
Derivative status 1
Disappeared persons 13
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 8
Domestic violence 25
Drug trafficking 25
EU Qualification Directive 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 31
Effective protection 2
Effective remedy 2
Elections 62
Embargo 1
Entry / Exit 4
Equal opportunities 3
Equality before the law 4
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 3
Exclusion clauses 2
Expulsion 1
Extrajudicial executions 31
Extreme poverty 10
False documents 2
Family law 1
Family reunification 2
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 7
Forced labour 1
Forced marriage 25
Forced relocation 1
Foreign occupation 4
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 44
Freedom of assembly and association 20
Freedom of expression 33
Freedom of information 11
Freedom of movement 17
Freedom of religion 10
Freedom of speech 11
Gender discrimination 33
Gender mainstreaming 15
Gender-based persecution 25
Generalized violence 2
Good governance 109
Gross, systematic and large-scale 4
HIV and AIDS 7
Harmful traditional practices 12
Hazara 17
Hindu 9
Honour killings 16
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 22
Human Rights Council 9
Human rights activists 13
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 80
Human rights law 3
Human rights monitors 15
Humanitarian assistance 36
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
IDP camps 5
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 1
Illegitimate children 1
Immigrants 5
Immigration Detention 2
Impunity 28
Independence of judiciary 16
Integration 7
Internal armed conflict 86
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 9
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 75
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 4
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 2
International armed conflict 29
International courts and tribunals 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 14
International protection 2
Involuntary repatriation 1
Ismaili 1
Jew 1
Jurisdiction 3
Juvenile justice system 3
Kuchi 6
Labour law 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 19
Laws relating to religion 3
Legal representation / Legal aid 6
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 17
Livelihoods 32
Maternal and child health care 9
Mental health 6
Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
Mercenaries 1
Migrant rights 3
Migrants 13
Military courts 4
Military law 2
Military operations 52
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 13
Minorities 20
Minority rights 5
Muslim 21
National security / Public order 10
Nomads 5
Non-refoulement 4
Non-state agents of persecution 14
Nuristanis 5
Older persons 3
Opposition 6
Panjshiris 2
Pashtun 15
Passports 1
Pastoralists 1
Peace agreements 4
Peace process 12
Peacekeeping 20
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 7
Persecution based on political opinion 9
Persecution of family members 1
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 7
Persons of concern to UNHCR 2
Persons with disabilities 10
Physical harm 2
Police 27
Political groups 30
Political parties 36
Political situation 172
Polygamy 2
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
Pre-trial detention 6
Prison or detention conditions 40
Prisoners of war 1
Proof of nationality 1
Property restitution 1
Prosecution vs persecution 1
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 5
Protection of camps 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 55
Protestant 1
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 3
Public health 20
Racial / Ethnic persecution 6
Reconciliation 15
Referendum 2
Refoulement 5
Refugee / Asylum law 8
Refugee camps 4
Refugee identity documents 3
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
Refugees 71
Regional instruments 1
Registration 2
Reintegration 10
Rejected asylum-seekers 4
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 8
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 16
Resettlement 2
Return conditions 18
Returnees 34
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 41
Right to employment 20
Right to family life 4
Right to food 9
Right to health 16
Right to justice 5
Right to liberty and security 4
Right to life 6
Right to registration at birth 3
Right to return 1
Right to seek asylum 3
Right to self-determination 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 53
Sabean Mandean 1
Salafi 1
Sale of children 1
Sanctions 1
Secondary movement 2
Security forces 68
Security situation 200
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 71
Sexual and reproductive rights 4
Sharia law 6
Shia 13
Sikh 9
Single heads of household 1
Smuggling of persons 2
Social group discrimination 7
Social group persecution 3
Spontaneous return 1
State of emergency 1
State protection 12
Statelessness 4
Statelessness Determination Procedures 1
Sufi 3
Sunni 7
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 5
Tajik 12
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 69
Threats / Intimidation 1
Torture 6
Trafficking in persons 19
Transgression of social / cultural norms 2
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 15
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
Turkmen 5
Unaccompanied / Separated children 12
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 5
Unlawful departure 1
Urban refugees 3
Uzbek 11
Visas 1
Voluntary repatriation 23
War crimes 9
Widowed persons 1
Witnesses 2
Women's rights 97
Women-at-risk 41

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Water Rights: An Assessment of Afghanistan's Legal Framework Governing Water for Agriculture October 2016 \| Publisher: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) \| Document type: Country Reports
This Is Who We Are – A study of the profile, experiences and reasons for flight of unaccompanied and separated children from Afghanistan seeking asylum in Sweden in 2015 October 2016 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Afghanistan: Human Rights and Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict - Special Report Attack on a Peaceful Demonstration in Kabul, 23 July 2016 October 2016 \| Publisher: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) \| Document type: Country Reports
This Is Who We Are Part 2 – Documentation of the secondary findings from the profiling survey of unaccompanied Afghan children arriving to Sweden in 2015 October 2016 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Afghanistan: Update 30 September 2016 \| Publisher: Swiss Refugee Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Afghanistan : Les femmes et l'adultère 7 September 2016 \| Publisher: France: Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (OFPRA) \| Document type: Country Reports
The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security 7 September 2016 \| Publisher: UN Secretary-General (UNSG) \| Document type: Country Reports
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Afghanistan: Recruitment by armed groups September 2016 \| Publisher: European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) \| Document type: Country Reports
Profiling Study of Unaccompanied or Separated Afghan Children Arriving in Sweden in 2015 26 August 2016 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
"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

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