Human Rights Organisations urge UN to send Fact Finding Mission to Afghanistan
09-09-2021
A group of 54 human rights organizations have urged
the UN member states to create an investigative mechanism on Afghanistan at the
upcoming 48th session
of the UN Human Rights Council. This could be a Fact Finding Mission or a
similar independent investigative mechanism, the organizations, including WO=MEN, write in their
appeal.
‘We express our profound regret at the failure of the
recent HRC special session on Afghanistan to deliver a credible response to the
escalating human rights crisis gripping the country,’ the organizations say. ‘A Fact-Finding Mission, or similar
independent investigative mechanism, with a gender-responsive and multi-year
mandate and resources to monitor and regularly report on, and to collect
evidence of, human rights violations and abuses committed across the country by
all parties is a critical component of the broader international response
urgently needed to address the escalating human rights and humanitarian crisis
in Afghanistan. ‘
The organizations also state that ‘It is crucial to
support the brave activists and human rights defenders, particularly women
human rights defenders, who have continued their work at significant personal
risk and have requested support and solidarity from the international
community.’
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