UN Afghanistan investigation reports human rights violations by Taliban's 'moral oversight'
A report detailing significant human rights violations caused by the Taliban’s “moral oversight” on Wednesday was released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Enclosed within the report was a comprehensive review of policy settings implemented by the de facto Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (MPVPV) which [...]
Afghanistan dispatch: the rule of law in Afghanistan is in a coma
Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are reporting for JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding the name of our correspondent filing this dispatch. Three days ago, at a checkpoint in Herat, the terrorist group of the Taliban tried to stop a bike rider, [...]
UN refugee chief urges assistance for displaced Afghans amid humanitarian crisis
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged the international community on Sunday to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghans in and outside the country in light of the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), at least 18 million and over 3.5 million Afghans needed urgent humanitarian assistance and were displaced [...]
This dispatch was filed by a JURIST legal correspondent in Afghanistan. For privacy and security reasons we cannot disclose her name. Reflecting the systematic misogyny now going on in Afghanistan, a government decree was recently published aimed at reducing the salaries of women professors and other government employees to 5000 AFG, or ~70$, without considering [...]
Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are reporting for JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding the name of our correspondent filing this dispatch. The Doha Meeting on the situation in Afghanistan brought together representatives from 25 countries as well as 5 major international [...]
UN-organized talks on Afghanistan begin in Doha with women rights groups excluded
Two days of UN-organized talks on the situation in Afghanistan began in Doha on Sunday, marking the first time the Taliban was present. Human rights activists expressed anger and concern over the decision to exclude women from the meeting and to consider the Taliban as the representatives of the country, despite their lack of recognition [...]
Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are reporting for JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding the name of our correspondent filing this dispatch. The international community has begun two days of high-level meetings in Doha, Qatar focusing on the situation in Afghanistan. This [...]
ECtHR Chamber transfers Afghanistan refugee case to Grand Chamber
The Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced Wednesday the relinquishment of its jurisdiction to the Grand Chamber in a case concerning 32 Afghan refugees at the Poland-Belarus border. The group alleges that they were illegally pushed back by Polish border guards after attempting to enter Poland from Belarus. The Afghan nationals [...]
The Taliban taking of Ryan Corbett, an interview with lawyers Ryan Fayhee and Kate Gibson
This interview provides an overview of advocacy efforts to secure the release of Ryan Corbett, a US citizen who the Taliban have detained in Afghanistan for over two years, his health deteriorating drastically as a result. JURIST’s Managing Editor for Long Form Content James Joseph interviewed Corbett’s Washington-based lawyer Ryan Fayhee and UK Barrister Kate [...]
As the United Nations prepares for its third meeting of international envoys on Afghanistan in Doha, concerns are mounting over the exclusion of Afghan women from the process and the lack of focus on the Taliban’s gender apartheid policies. The plights of women like Arzo — a teacher and a single mother of four — [...]
