For more information, see also the Monitor's human rights, children, and women categories as well as the governance page, which lists Afghanistan's Political Terror Scale and Freedom House scores.
Last updated: August 2010
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
- Economic and Social Rights - Fourth Report, November/December 2009
- AIHRC-UNAMA Joint Monitoring of Political Rights, Presidential and Provincial Council Elections, Third Report, 1 Aug – 21 Oct 2009, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission / United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, October 2009
- AIHRC-UNAMA Joint Monitoring Of Political Rights - Presidential And Provincial Council Elections - Second Report, 16 Jun - 1 Aug 2009, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission / United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, August 2009
- AIHRC-UNAMA Joint Monitoring of Political Rights - Presidential and Provincial Council Elections - First Report, 25 Apr – 12 Jun 2009, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission / United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, August 2009
- From Hope to Fear: An Afghan Perspective on Operations of Pro-Government Forces in Afghanistan, December 2008
- Insurgent Abuses against Afghan Civilians, December 2008
Human Rights Watch
- The “Ten-Dollar Talib” and Women’s Rights, July 2010
- “We Have the Promises of the World”: Women’s Rights in Afghanistan, December 2009
- “Troops in Contact”: Airstrikes and Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan, September 2008
- The Human Cost The Consequences of Insurgent Attacks in Afghanistan, April 2007
Amnesty International
- Afghanistan - Amnesty International Report 2010
- Afghanistan - Amnesty International Report 2009
- Afghanistan - Amnesty International Report 2008
- Afghanistan - Amnesty International Report 2007
Click here to view the full list of publications on Afghanistan by Amnesty International.
United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Human Rights Dimension of Poverty in Afghanistan, March 2010
Special Procedures
Country-specific procedure
Special Rapporteur/Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan (1984-2005)
Country visits by Special Procedures
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 Afghanistan (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 situation of human rights in Afghanistan and on the achievements of technical assistance in the field of human rights (A/HRC/13/62)
- 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)
Click here to view the full list of publications on Afghanistan by OHCHR.
Further reading:
- Setting the Right Priorities: Protecting Children Affected by Armed Conflict in Afghanistan, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, June 2010
- Peoples under Threat 2010, Minority Rights Group International, April 2010
- 2009 Human Rights Report: Afghanistan, United States Department of State - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, March 2010
- Freedom in the World 2010, Freedom House, January 2010
- Peoples under Threat 2009, Minority Rights Group International, July 2009
