Afghanistan

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Special Procedures
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Special Rapporteur/Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan (1984-2005)

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Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions - Mission to Afghanistan (A/HRC/11/2/Add.4)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on  extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions - Preliminary note on mission to Afghanistanl (A/HRC/8/3/Add.6) 

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Yakin Ertürk - Mission to Afghanistan (E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.5)

Report of Cherif Bassiouni, independent expert on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan (E/CN.4/2005/122)

Report of the independent expert of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan (A/59/370)

Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living - Mission to Afghanistan (E/CN.4/2004/48/Add.2)

Most recent reports by the UN Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretariat

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights in Afghanistan and on the achievements of technical assistance in the field of human rights (A/HRC/10/23)

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights in Afghanistan and on the achievements of technical assistance in the field of human rights (A/HRC/7/27) 

Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and on the achievements of technical assistance in the field of human rights (A/HRC/4/98)

Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan and on the achievements of technical assistance in the field of human rights (E/CN.4/2006/108)

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Most recent concluding observations

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (1997)

Committee Against Torture
Concluding observations (1993)

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Afghanistan continues to suffer from a pervasive culture of impunity and a weak rule of law. Worsening security conditions have substantially diminished the enjoyment of human rights, including the right to life and safety, freedom of movement, access to education and health, and access to livelihoods by communities in insurgencyaffected areas.
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