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February 28, 2025 Statement

Human Rights Watch Oral Statement at the 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

HRW Oral Statement - ID with the Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan - HRC58

January 23, 2025 News Release

Afghanistan: ICC Prosecutor Seeks Gender Persecution Charges

Senior Taliban Leaders Named for Alleged Crimes Against Humanity in Request for Warrants

 The benches of a school sit empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022.
January 16, 2025 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban Repression Deepens

New Laws, Regulations Compound Abuses Against Women, Girls

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January 16, 2025 Commentary

Asia's 'people power' alive and kicking amid disturbing global currents

Human rights and rule of law are a foundation for growth and stability – not a diversion from it

Students protest demanding a trial of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 13, 2024.
December 11, 2024 News Release

Afghanistan: Women Artists Help Drive Resistance to Taliban

Web Feature Highlights the Work of Those in Exile

Infinite Power No 5 by Rada Akbar (L) and Monster by Fatima Wojohat
December 3, 2024 Dispatches

Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban Medical Training for Women

Closing One of the Last Loopholes for Female Education

Pregnant women wait in the corridor of the maternity hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Khost, Afghanistan, December 8, 2023.
November 26, 2024 Dispatches

UN Report Portrays Afghanistan’s Destroyed Media

Taliban Threaten, Detain and Abuse Journalists, Media Workers

The Taliban flag flies over a National Radio Television of Takhar (RTA) building in Talogan, Afghanistan, on October 15, 2024.
November 26, 2024 Q & A

Questions & Answers on the Establishment of an Independent International Accountability Mechanism for Afghanistan

November 25, 2024 Dispatches

This #16Days, Remember Afghan Women and Girls

Enduring Taliban Abuses, Forgotten Globally, But Still Resisting

An Afghan woman weaves a carpet at a factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, November 11, 2024.
October 18, 2024 Commentary

Extend Norway’s Support for International Law to Afghan Women

Afghan women demonstrate in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.
October 10, 2024 News Release

Afghanistan: Policewomen Report Past Abuse, Taliban Threats

Countries That Funded Training Should Resettle Those at Risk

Afghan policewomen and policemen during their graduation ceremony
October 9, 2024 Dispatches

UN Rights Council Misses Chance to Advance Justice for Grave Abuses in Afghanistan

EU-led Resolution Lacks Accountability Mechanism, But Provides Blueprint for Action

A session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024.
September 27, 2024 Statement

Afghanistan: More Robust Action Needed by the UN Human Rights Council

HRW Oral Statement - Universal Periodic Review Outcome Adoption - HRC57

UN HRC
September 18, 2024 Q & A

Questions and Answers on Advancing Accountability for past and ongoing crimes under international law in Afghanistan

September 17, 2024 Dispatches

Taliban’s Attack on Girls’ Education Harming Afghanistan’s Future

Three Years Since Girls Have Been Out of School Beyond Grade 6

 The benches of a school sit empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022.

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