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AFGHANISTAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Afghanistan: Country Kit
Source:
Doctors Without Borders
Date of Document:
12 January 2016
Accessed Date:
20 February 2017
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
September 2015
Accessed Date:
13 January 2021
Title:
Afghanistan, ethnic groups (detailed)
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
Accessed Date:
20 February 2017
Title:
Afghanistan. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
20 September 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Afghanistan
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
30 August 2018
Accessed Date:
22 February 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Afghanistan: Medical treatment and healthcare. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Overview of recent developments and key players in Afghanistan
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
15 November 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
The A to Z Guide to Assistance in Afghanistan 2020. Fourteenth Edition.
Source:
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
Accessed Date:
21 January 2021
Title:
Afghanistan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
18 January 2022
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan. Humanitarian Needs Overview 2022.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
ACAPS Country Profile: Afghanistan
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan : Le poste-frontière de Torkham, principal point de passage entre l'Afghanistan et le Pakistan
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
30 April 2020
Accessed Date:
13 January 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: Annual report on protection of civilians in armed conflict 2020
Source:
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security: Report of the Secretary-General
Code:
A/76/328–S/2021/759
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
2 September 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
DFAT Thematic Report on Political and Security Developments in Afghanistan (August 2021 to January 2022)
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
14 January 2022
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Country of Origin Report Afghanistan
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
28 January 2021
Title:
Afghanistan. Documents associés.
Source:
Larousse. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
27 February 2017
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Afghanistan: Individuals targeted by armed actors in the conflict.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
19 February 2018
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Afghanistan: Networks.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
February 2018
Accessed Date:
19 February 2018
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Afghanistan: Security Situation Update.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: Humanitarian impact and trends analysis
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
23 August 2021
Accessed Date:
30 August 2021
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Afghanistan: Key socio-economic indicators: Focus on Kabul City, Mazar-e Sharif, and Herat City.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
August 2020
Accessed Date:
13 January 2021
Title:
Summary Report on Civilian Casualties in the First Six Months of 2021
Source:
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
Date of Document:
1 August 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Afghanistan
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
13 January 2021
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Afghanistan: Individuals targeted under societal and legal norms.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
13 January 2021
Title:
Afghanistan Emergency Situation Report: No. 10
Source:
United Nations. World Health Organisation.
Date of Document:
15 January 2022
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan: Recent events
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
December 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
UNHCR position on returns to Afghanistan
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
16 August 2021
Accessed Date:
20 August 2021
Title:
Flash External Update: Afghanistan Situation #13, as of 15 January 2022
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
15 January 2022
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
WFP Afghanistan: Situation Report
Source:
United Nations. World Food Programme.
Date of Document:
12 January 2022
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
What's Next for Afghans Fleeing the Taliban? Questions and Answers
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 September 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Afghanistan's Growing Humanitarian Crisis
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
2 September 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Afghanistan: Security and humanitarian situation. Version 8.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
15 October 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: COI Repository; 1st September 2021 - 19th January 2022
Source:
Asylum Research Centre et al.
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Afghanistan: Country focus.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan : les conditions de sécurité actuelles
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
31 October 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan: Profils à risque
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
31 October 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Beyond Emergency Relief: Averting Afghanistan's Humanitarian Catastrophe. Asia Report N°317.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
6 December 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan: Protection of civilians in armed conflict midyear update: 1 January to 30 June 2021
Source:
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
No escape: War crimes and civilian harm during the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
Accessed Date:
25 April 2022
Title:
Afghanistan. Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Afghanistan : La commission indépendante des droits de l'Homme et la justice transitionnelle
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 September 2019
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Rule of Law, Governance, and Human Rights in Afghanistan, 2002 to 2016
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
29 August 2017
Author:
Erin Houlihan; William Spencer
Accessed Date:
13 February 2018
Title:
Afghanistan. World Report 2022: Events of 2021.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan. Freedom in the World 2021.
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Situation of human rights in Afghanistan, and technical assistance achievements in the field of human rights
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
16 January 2020
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Land for Housing. Afghanistan Housing Profile.
Source:
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Date of Document:
May 2017
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Afghanistan. The State of Violence and Conflict in Asia.
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
11 October 2017
Author:
Thanit Herabat et al.
Accessed Date:
13 February 2018
Title:
The fate of thousands hanging in the balance: Afghanistan's fall into the hands of the Taliban
Source:
Amnesty International et al.
Date of Document:
21 September 2021
Accessed Date:
15 October 2021
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Afghanistan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/32/AFG/1
Date of Document:
13 November 2018
Accessed Date:
17 October 2019
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Afghanistan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/32/AFG/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
6 November 2018
Accessed Date:
17 October 2019
Title:
Compilation on Afghanistan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/32/AFG/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
15 November 2018
Accessed Date:
17 October 2019
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Citizenship, including legislation and whether dual citizenship is permitted (2008-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 February 2013
Accessed Date:
28 February 2013
Title:
Passports, including issuance procedures within and outside Afghanistan; types of passports issued (2008-2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 February 2013
Accessed Date:
28 February 2013
Title:
Afghanistan. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Passport Law of 25 October 2015; appearance and security features of passports; specimen of passports (2015-January 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 February 2018
Accessed Date:
21 February 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain tazkira [tazkera], including from abroad; appearance and security features (2017-February 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 February 2019
Accessed Date:
26 February 2019
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain an e-Tazkira; description of the card, including appearance and security features
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 February 2014
Accessed Date:
26 February 2014
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Afghanistan
Source:
Global Citizenship Observatory
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 February 2018
Title:
Afghanistan. Birth Registration - Phase Two. A Comparative Report Prepared for UNICEF.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain, renew, and replace a biometric passport, both within and outside the country; validity period of passport; whether the ‘place of birth' noted in the passport is the same as the one listed on the tazkira, an...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 February 2017
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Description and samples of the Tazkira booklet and the Tazkira certificate; information on security features
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 September 2011
Accessed Date:
31 October 2012
Title:
Law of 2014 on Registration of Population Records
Accessed Date:
18 February 2015
Title:
Access to Tazkera and other Civil Documentation in Afghanistan
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council et al.
Date of Document:
8 November 2016
Accessed Date:
20 February 2017
Title:
Procedures and requirements for issuance of passports in Canada to Afghan citizens without documents (2014-January 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 February 2016
Accessed Date:
19 February 2016
Title:
Documents required to travel within Afghanistan, documents required to pass checkpoints (2013-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 February 2016
Accessed Date:
19 February 2016
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
The Focus of the Taleban's New Government: Internal cohesion, external dominance
Source:
Afghanistan Analysts Network
Date of Document:
12 September 2021
Author:
Martine van Bijlert
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Afghanistan : Sazman-e Nasr (l'Organisation de la victoire), Sepah-e pasdaran (l'Armée des gardiens), leur union au sein de Hezb-e Wahdat (Partie de l'unité) et leurs dissensions
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 April 2016
Accessed Date:
20 February 2017
Title:
The Taliban in Afghanistan
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
15 September 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Afghanistan: Anti-Government Elements (AGEs).
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
August 2020
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Situation of Afghan citizens who work for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or international aid organizations, and whether they are targeted by the Taliban; attacks against schools and incidents of violence against students, teachers...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 February 2016
Accessed Date:
26 February 2016
Title:
U.S. Military Withdrawal and Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan: Frequently Asked Questions
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
17 September 2021
Author:
Clayton Thomas et al.
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Afghanistan: Fear of the Taliban. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
15 October 2021
Title:
The Taleban's Caretaker Cabinet and other Senior Appointments
Source:
Afghanistan Analysts Network
Date of Document:
7 October 2021
Author:
Martine van Bijlert
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Afghanistan. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
28 January 2021
Title:
The Bride Price: The Afghan tradition of paying for wives
Source:
Afghanistan Analysts Network
Date of Document:
9 March 2020
Author:
Fazl Rahman Muzhary
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Concluding Observations on the Combined Initial and Second Periodic Reports of Afghanistan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Date of Document:
30 July 2013
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Third periodic report submitted by Afghanistan under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2017
Date of Document:
24 January 2019
Accessed Date:
17 October 2019
Title:
National Inquiry report on Factors and causes of Rape and Honor Killing in Afghanistan
Source:
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
Date of Document:
26 August 2015
Accessed Date:
9 February 2016
Title:
Injustice and Impunity: Mediation of Criminal Offences of Violence against Women
Source:
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
May 2018
Accessed Date:
22 February 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Afghanistan: unaccompanied children. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan: Afghan
Women and Girls: Status and Congressional Action. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
18 August 2021
Author:
Clayton Thomas; Sarah R. Collins
Accessed Date:
20 August 2021
Title:
Max Planck Manual on Family Law in Afghanistan
Source:
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law.
Date of Document:
July 2012
Author:
Kabeh Rastin-Tehrani; Nadjma Yassari
Accessed Date:
18 February 2015
Title:
Whether seigha (temporary marriage) is practiced in Afghanistan and by which groups
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 October 2012
Accessed Date:
26 February 2014
Title:
In Search of Justice for Crimes of Violence Against Women and Girls
Source:
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan; United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
December 2020
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan : La pratique du bacha bazi
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
14 November 2016
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Causes and Consequences of Bacha Bazi in Afghanistan
Source:
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
Date of Document:
18 August 2014
Author:
Mohammad Hossein Saramad et al.
Accessed Date:
19 February 2018
Title:
For Afghan Women, the Frightening Return of ‘Vice and Virtue'
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 September 2021
Accessed Date:
15 October 2021
Title:
Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey: Gender. Provinces of Kabul, Bamiyan, Daykundi, Ghor, Kapisa and Parwan.
Source:
United Nations Population Fund; Afghanistan. Central Statistics Organization.
Date of Document:
8 June 2017
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Harassment of Women in Afghanistan: A hidden phenomenon addressed in too many laws
Source:
Afghanistan Analysts Network
Date of Document:
2 April 2017
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Afghanistan : Les femmes et l'adultère
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 September 2016
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
The Future of Afghanistan's Schools – and its Children – is at Stake
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
7 September 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Education in Emergencies, Children in Distress: A Child Protection Risk Analysis for NRC Afghanistan's Education Programme
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Accessed Date:
17 October 2019
Title:
Afghan Women and Girls Under Immediate Threat: The Responsibility to Protect and Assist Is Just Beginning
Source:
Refugees International
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
19 October 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: Taliban must allow girls to return to school immediately – new testimony
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
13 October 2021
Accessed Date:
19 October 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: Taliban Abuses Cause Widespread Fear
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 September 2021
Accessed Date:
15 October 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: Taliban Deprive Women of Livelihoods, Identity
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 January 2022
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
“They are the revolution”: Afghan women fighting for their future under the Taliban rule
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
25 November 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan. Country Profile: LGBT and the Law.
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
“Even If You Go to the Skies, We'll Find You”: LGBT People in Afghanistan After the Taliban Takeover
Source:
Human Rights Watch; OutRight Action International
Date of Document:
26 January 2022
Author:
Heather Barr; J. Lester Feder
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Afghanistan: 13 Hazara killed by Taliban fighters in Daykundi province – new investigation
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 October 2021
Accessed Date:
15 October 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: Tier 3. Trafficking in Persons Report 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 July 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Afghanistan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2021, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Afghanistan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan: Recruitment to Taliban
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
29 June 2017
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Situation in Afghanistan. Summary of the Prosecutor's Request for authorisation of an investigation pursuant to article 15.
Source:
International Criminal Court. The Office of the Prosecutor.
Date of Document:
20 November 2017
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Afghanistan's Fight Against Corruption: From Strategies to Implementation
Source:
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Date of Document:
May 2018
Accessed Date:
18 October 2019
Title:
Thematic Report Afghanistan: Blood Feuds
Source:
Country of Origin Research and Information
Date of Document:
February 2014
Accessed Date:
18 February 2015
Title:
Night letters [Shab Nameha, Shabnamah, Shabnameh], including appearance (2010-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 February 2015
Accessed Date:
24 February 2015
Title:
Treatment of members and former members of the Afghan military by the Taliban and other anti-government groups, including whether they are personally targeted outside of active conflict zones; whether rank, branch or type of military services poses ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 August 2017
Accessed Date:
6 February 2018
Title:
Afghanistan : Situation sécuritaire, présence des groupes d'insurgés dans le district de Sherzad (Province de Nangarhar), en particulier dans la localité de Toto
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 June 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Source:
Stanford University. Mapping Militant Organizations.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
29 October 2019
Title:
Afghanistan: Taliban's organization and structure
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
23 August 2017
Author:
Antonio Giustozzi
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Afghanistan: Taliban's Intelligence and the intimidation campaign
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
23 August 2017
Author:
Antonio Giustozzi
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Afghanistan : La milice du soulèvement populaire du district de Nazyan
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 June 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Terrorist Groups in Afghanistan. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
17 August 2021
Accessed Date:
20 August 2021
Title:
Afghanistan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2020, Volume II: Money Laundering.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: Surge in Islamic State Attacks on Shia
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 October 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan : Le Mouvement islamique d'Afghanistan (Harakat-e Islami Afghanistan)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 June 2020
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Afghanistan : Le Front de la résistance (Jabha-ya Moqawamat), groupe armé hazara chiite
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 October 2019
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Afghanistan : La stratégie nationale de lutte anticorruption et sa mise en œuvre au sein du ministère de l'Intérieur depuis 2017
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 June 2019
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Afghanistan : Peines encourues par un déserteur de l'armée
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
29 January 2016
Accessed Date:
21 February 2017
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Special Report 363. Islamic Law, Customary Law, and Afghan Informal Justice.
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
6 March 2015
Accessed Date:
10 February 2016
Title:
Judicial independence in Afghanistan: Legal framework and practical challenges
Source:
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
Date of Document:
21 February 2021
Accessed Date:
27 October 2022
Title:
Treatment of Conflict-Related Detainees in Afghanistan: Preventing Torture and Ill-treatment under the Anti-Torture Law
Source:
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
April 2019
Accessed Date:
1 April 2019
Title:
The Rule of Law in Afghanistan: Key Findings from 2019
Source:
World Justice Project
Author:
Lindsey Bock et al.
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Exploring Primary Justice in Afghanistan – Challenges, concerns, and elements that work
Source:
Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance, and Society et al.
Author:
Friederike Stahlmann et al.
Editor:
Friederike Stahlmann
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Afghanistan: Criminal law, customary justice and informal dispute resolution.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
July 2020
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Afghanistan
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
12 June 2017
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Rebel rule of law: Taliban courts in the west and north-west of Afghanistan
Source:
Overseas Development Institute
Date of Document:
11 May 2020
Author:
Ashley Jackson; Florian Weigand
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: Taliban ‘Vice' Handbook Abusive
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 October 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
Title:
Preventing torture and upholding the rights of detained in Afghanistan: A factor for peace
Source:
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Afghanistan : Les entreprises de sécurité privées : Focus sur leurs employés afghans et leur rôle dans la protection des ambassades
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 December 2020
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
“No Forgiveness for People Like You”: Executions and Enforced Disappearances in Afghanistan under the Taliban
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 November 2021
Author:
Patricia Gossman et al.
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan : Le renseignement dans le 207ème corps de l'ANA
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 February 2021
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan : Le malik (malek)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
20 January 2020
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Human rights abuses committed by the Afghanistan National Army and security forces (1989-2009)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 April 2013
Accessed Date:
26 February 2014
Title:
The Afghan National Army After ISAF
Source:
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
Date of Document:
9 March 2016
Author:
Antonio Giustozzi; Ali Mohammad Ali
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Afghanistan: State Structure and Security Forces.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
August 2020
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Special report: Killing of human rights defenders, journalists and media workers in Afghanistan 2018-2021
Source:
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
The Law on Mass Media
Accessed Date:
18 October 2019
Title:
Afghanistan: Taliban Severely Beat Journalists
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 September 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: Taliban Crackdown on Media Worsens
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 November 2021
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan: Taliban Severely Restrict Media
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 October 2021
Accessed Date:
15 October 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: Insecurity and Uncertainty: The Struggle to Survive. Truth in a Time of Contagion: The Viral Frontline. South Asia Press Freedom Report 2020-21.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
May 2021
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
Since the Taliban takeover, 40% of Afghan media have closed, 80% of women journalists have lost their jobs
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
20 December 2021
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
Afghanistan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 May 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Afghanistan. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2021.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Fatwas, including authorities, legal status, and enforcement (2014-July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 July 2015
Accessed Date:
18 February 2016
Title:
Afghanistan. Freedom of Thought Report 2021.
Source:
Humanists International
Date of Document:
6 October 2021
Editor:
Emma Wadsworth-Jones et al.
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
Report: Afghanistan: The situation of Christian converts
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information
Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
Accessed Date:
14 September 2021
Title:
Afghanistan : Débats religeux et groupes islamistes dans les universités afghanes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 July 2018
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Afghanistan: Taliban Forcibly Evict Minority Shia
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 October 2021
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
AfPak: Principals of the tribal and clan structure
Source:
Austria. Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum.
Date of Document:
5 April 2017
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
DFAT Thematic Report: Hazaras in Afghanistan
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
18 September 2017
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Afghanistan. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
December 2021
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
Hazaras and Afghan insurgent groups
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
3 October 2016
Accessed Date:
21 February 2017
Title:
Situation of Hazara people living in Kabul City, including treatment by society, security situation, and access to employment; security situation for Hazara traveling to areas surrounding Kabul City to access employment (2014-April 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 April 2016
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Afghanistan: COI relating to Pashtuns
Source:
Country of Origin Research and Information
Date of Document:
20 January 2015
Accessed Date:
21 February 2017
Title:
Mapping nomad-farmer conflict in Afghanistan
Source:
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
Date of Document:
July 2017
Author:
Antonio Giustozzi
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
The Uzbek minority, including size, locations, relations with authorities and with other ethnic groups and the ability to live in Kabul; treatment of returning Afghan citizens, including those of Uzbek origin who were born or lived abroad...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 July 2018
Accessed Date:
26 February 2019
Title:
Taleban Attacks on Khas Uruzgan, Jaghori and Malestan (II): A new and violent push into Hazara areas
Source:
Afghanistan Analysts Network
Date of Document:
29 November 2018
Author:
Ali Yawar Adili; Martine van Bijlert
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Whether the Taliban has the capacity to pursue individuals after they relocate to another region; their capacity to track individuals over the long term; Taliban capacity to carry out targeted killings (2012-January 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 February 2016
Accessed Date:
26 February 2016
Title:
DTM Afghanistan: Emergency Event Tracking Round 3, 1-19 Dec 2021
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
21 January 2022
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
Forced Back to Danger: Asylum-Seekers Returned from Europe to Afghanistan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 October 2017
Accessed Date:
14 January 2021
Title:
Voluntary and Forced Returns to Afghanistan in 2016/2017: Trends, statistics and experiences
Source:
Afghanistan Analysts Network
Date of Document:
19 May 2017
Author:
Jelena Bjelica; Thomas Ruttig
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Returnee and Internally Displaced Persons Monitoring Report
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
May 2018
Accessed Date:
18 October 2019
Title:
Voluntary Repatriation of Afghan Refugees. South West Asia - Quarterly Update, October – December 2021.
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
25 January 2022
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
Escaping War: Where to next? The Challenges of IDP Protection in Afghanistan.
Source:
Samuel Hall et al.
Date of Document:
24 January 2018
Accessed Date:
18 October 2019
Title:
Kabul Unpacked: A Geographical Guide to a Metropolis In The Making
Source:
Afghanistan Analysts Network
Date of Document:
January 2019
Author:
Fabrizio Foschini
Accessed Date:
18 October 2019
Title:
Afghanistan's four million Internally Displaced People – a glance into their lives of poverty and displacement during the pandemic.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
19 August 2020
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
Title:
Like an obstacle course: Few routes to safety for Afghans trying to flee their country
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
21 October 2021
Accessed Date:
28 January 2022
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 3 February 2022:
Title:
Afghanistan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Additional Info.:
Addendum regarding reproductive rights was added on 4 November 2021
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/afghanistan
Accessed Date:
27 January 2022
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