11.2007 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

Gap between good legal framework and the actual ability of the government to provide for protection of even basic rights in practice ("11th European Country of Origin Information Seminar; Vienna, 21 - 22 June 2007; Country Report; Afghanistan") [ID 21952]

"The legal framework for protection of human rights is fairly good. Afghanistan is signatory to all main international human rights treaties without major reservations. Human rights,including the equality of men and women, are enshrined in the Afghan Constitution. However, in practice, mainly due to the security and socio-economical situation, the government is not able to provide for protection of even basic rights."

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15.03.2007 - Source: UN General Assembly

Report of the Secretary-General on security situation, security institutions, political developments, economic and social developments, human rights and rule of law ("Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security [A/61/799–S/2007/152]") [ID 19345]

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13.03.2007 - Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Years of war and lawlessness have left property rights hopelessly snarled up; new draft law on property rights now aims to unravel the mess and address the issue of returning properties ("Reversing the great Afghan land grab") [ID 19074]

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26.02.2007 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

President Hamid Karzai is under pressure to sign a controversial amnesty bill approved by the country's national assembly last week; bill provides sweeping immunity for those guilty of war crimes committed over the past two and half decades of conflict ("President pressured to sign controversial amnesty bill") [ID 18888]

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23.02.2007 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

Upper house of the parliament adopted amnesty bill granting immunity for all war crimes during Soviet occupation from 1979 to 1989, civil war that followed until 1996 and during Taliban rule until 2001 ("War crimes immunity bill passes second hurdle") [ID 18862]

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20.02.2007 - Source: BBC News

The upper house of the Afghan parliament approves a controversial bill giving amnesty to war criminals ("Afghan war crimes amnesty passed") [ID 18855]

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06.02.2007 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

An association of 58 civil society and rights groups in Afghanistan has started campaigning against a controversial bill in the upper house that would grant immunity for all war crimes ("Civil society fights immunity for warlords") [ID 18787]

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02.09.2005 - Source: ReliefWeb

Afghanistan has signed the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol ("Afghanistan signs 1951 Refugee Convention (UNHCR)") [#36153], [ID 783]

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