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Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights

The Amnesty International Report 2022/23, titled “The state of the world’s human rights”, shows a year of new or renewed conflicts. In face of the severe human rights impact, the ...

Last update 19 Apr 2023
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UN condemns Taliban decision to ban women from universities

In December 2022 the Taliban de facto authorities banned women from accessing universities. This follows the continuous restrictions on women’s rights that took place since August 2021, when ...

Last update 25 Jan 2023
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ICC judges authorize Prosecution to resume investigation in Afghanistan

The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the ICC has authorized the Prosecution to resume the investigation regarding the situation in Afghanistan. The judges found that Afghanistan is not conducting a genuine ...

Last update 23 Nov 2022
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UN response to the latest restrictions towards women and girls in Afghanistan

UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous, has recently published a statement in which she expressed deep concern about the Taliban’s announcement that all women must cover their ...

Last update 18 May 2022
Girls at school in Herat, Afghanistan
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UN: Failure to re-open schools for all girls is deeply disappointing and damaging for Afghanistan

Despite the previous declaration, Taliban authorities at the last minute withdrew the decision on reopening the high schools for girls in Afghanistan. After more than six months of ...

Last update 20 Apr 2022
Scholars at Risk
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Scholars at Risk seminar series: ‘Human Rights in Afghanistan: Past, Present, and Future’

Scholars at Risk at the University of Padova, in collaboration with the SPGI (Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies of the University of Padua) and the Elena ...

Last update 6 Apr 2022
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Global Campus of Human Rights: High-level Lecture on Human Rights in Afghanistan, Friday 11th March

The Global Campus of Human Rights cordially invites you to a High-level Lecture on Human Rights in Afghanistan organized jointly with the Human Rights Centre at the University of Padova and ...

Last update 8 Mar 2022