Human Rights Winter School on Promoting International Humanitarian Law

More than 40 countries are carrying their military operations and investigation in Afghanistan. International reports indicate that a large number of civilian including women, children and elders are the victims of such missions in Afghanistan. On the other hand, the opposite insurgents groups use the civilians as their protective shields and unfortunately violating the international humanitarian law extensively. In addition, lack of sufficient information regarding the International Humanitarian Law in the political system induced the advocating role of the civil institutions in relation to the International Humanitarian Law to be marginalized. For promoting and generalizing the international humanitarian law, The Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan (CSHRN) will conduct a sequence of awareness and capacity-building programs. For the present time, CSHRN has organized teacher-training programs in the capital Kabul, North, and Northeast, West, Southeast, central and East regions of the country and prepared the Educational Manual of the international humanitarian law that currently available with the civil society institutions. The educational winter school on international humanitarian law that was held at Central Hotel, Shah-e, Kabul, attended by 65 key trainers of CSHRN from Kabul and other provinces who carried out extensive discussion on challenges against the values of the international humanitarian law. According to the participants and based on the international humanitarian law, the Afghan government, the international community and the other involved parties should clearly express their commitments and responsibilities toward the values of the international humanitarian law. The second part of the program was a live music by a talented and young singer, Abdullah Milad Kabiri with high humanitarian messages through music. CSHRN is to conduct widespread educational programs in the field of international humanitarian law in the capital and other provinces soon.

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Cancer: the name of the second death in Afghanistan

Khushhal Nabizadah Cancer is not the only issue in the field of health, but the broad social, economic, promotional and human rights as well. Cancer causing a huge challenge to development and human progress around the world, especially in poor and developing countries. Cancer is the cause and consequence of poverty. In other words, cancer and poverty interact with each other so that cancer negatively affects the ability of families and society. Because of incapacity, according to the cancer patients who are not able to work efficiently and incomes are low in comparison with healthy people and on the other hand, they consume many possibilities for treatment. Human understanding of cancers and proportional to the level of individuals and society is different. In progressive societies on one hand curious man with modern knowledge and the search of websites and scientific books from the latest scientific advances has awareness and on the other hand, sectors involved-do continuous useful in identifying cancer. The view of the cancer is deep & based on scientific facts. But in poor communities and deprived people have not reached its fullest use of technology and related sectors, there is not enough capacity, people's views are based on anecdotal and unscientific. In short, people in developed countries, cancer is mostly is known as preventable and treatable disease, while people in poor countries including Afghanistan, named cancer as the second death. In this article we have tried to introduce cancer, prevention and treatment and possible ways to detect it .In addition, we will talk about the situation of cancer and its treatment in Afghanistan. Why Cancer / Crab? Cancer is an Arabic word meaning crab. Its English equivalent is’ Cancer’ That the Latin word Crab And the concept leads to name it crab. Because people think that cancerous disease are like crabs that hold the body of a person, therefore,…

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Cancer: the name of the second death in Afghanistan

Khushhal Nabizadah Cancer is not the only issue in the field of health, but the broad social, economic, promotional and human rights as well. Cancer causing a huge challenge to development and human progress around the world, especially in poor and developing countries. Cancer is the cause and consequence of poverty. In other words, cancer and poverty interact with each other so that cancer negatively affects the ability of families and society. Because of incapacity, according to the cancer patients who are not able to work efficiently and incomes are low in comparison with healthy people and on the other hand, they consume many possibilities for treatment. Human understanding of cancers and proportional to the level of individuals and society is different. In progressive societies on one hand curious man with modern knowledge and the search of websites and scientific books from the latest scientific advances has awareness and on the other hand, sectors involved-do continuous useful in identifying cancer. The view of the cancer is deep & based on scientific facts. But in poor communities and deprived people have not reached its fullest use of technology and related sectors, there is not enough capacity, people's views are based on anecdotal and unscientific. In short, people in developed countries, cancer is mostly is known as preventable and treatable disease, while people in poor countries including Afghanistan, named cancer as the second death. In this article we have tried to introduce cancer, prevention and treatment and possible ways to detect it .In addition, we will talk about the situation of cancer and its treatment in Afghanistan. Why Cancer / Crab? Cancer is an Arabic word meaning crab. Its English equivalent is’ Cancer’ That the Latin word Crab And the concept leads to name it crab. Because people think that cancerous disease are like crabs that hold the body of a person, therefore,…

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The need for learning in native language

Azizullah Ema The native language begins as his first rhythm and vocal sounds that creates some kind of mutual understanding between children and mothers. Mother by the movements of the child in the abdomen and children by mother’s sense of body creates a helpful relationship.  When a baby is born, the eye contact between mother and child is the first expression, child by crying makes her mother feel to breastfeed him. Child's language development process starts even before birth, voices of mother, father, environment is heard. The first sounds of children are in a way that mimics the sounds of long heard ones in abdomen combined with the vocals. Children when hear words from mother and surroundings learn the first one-syllabic words. This short expressive words are the beginning of the game between child and mother. It can be said as some kind of language game between mother and child and is shaped by special rules. Childish words, although briefly, is sound in connection with the dialect mother and child environment, can be its first circle of understanding between mother and child or parent and child. Among the many sounds children hear, the tune and the beginning of a word's spelling, are sometimes interconnected with the intermediate and final syllables: Mother ( mader – Maa ) Father ( padar – Paa) Come (Bya – Baa) Go (boro- Bo) The sounds play a fundamental role in the structure of their native language. Dr. Tevh Tangas, professor and theorist about the native language says: 'Native language is the language by which man thinks and dreams. "And adds that native language is like skin on body that does not change and other languages are not covering more. Native language teacher with experience in Switzerland found that many children who have been away from the first environment, can learn another language quickly…

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The need for learning in native language

Azizullah Ema The native language begins as his first rhythm and vocal sounds that creates some kind of mutual understanding between children and mothers. Mother by the movements of the child in the abdomen and children by mother’s sense of body creates a helpful relationship.  When a baby is born, the eye contact between mother and child is the first expression, child by crying makes her mother feel to breastfeed him. Child's language development process starts even before birth, voices of mother, father, environment is heard. The first sounds of children are in a way that mimics the sounds of long heard ones in abdomen combined with the vocals. Children when hear words from mother and surroundings learn the first one-syllabic words. This short expressive words are the beginning of the game between child and mother. It can be said as some kind of language game between mother and child and is shaped by special rules. Childish words, although briefly, is sound in connection with the dialect mother and child environment, can be its first circle of understanding between mother and child or parent and child. Among the many sounds children hear, the tune and the beginning of a word's spelling, are sometimes interconnected with the intermediate and final syllables: Mother ( mader – Maa ) Father ( padar – Paa) Come (Bya – Baa) Go (boro- Bo) The sounds play a fundamental role in the structure of their native language. Dr. Tevh Tangas, professor and theorist about the native language says: 'Native language is the language by which man thinks and dreams. "And adds that native language is like skin on body that does not change and other languages are not covering more. Native language teacher with experience in Switzerland found that many children who have been away from the first environment, can learn another language quickly…

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Woman in her own Solemnity

Tahmina Tomyris Woman the creator of history, isolated in the form of a figure, a color isolated in the light, a figure isolated in space of body. Beyond the naked figure, Woman inciting the people with all its grooves, is standing firm, against the wall of all strict incursions, traditions and symbols. Sometimes like a light, sometimes a material, sometimes like the surface, sometimes the body. Woman is the form of independence within the body, the body that whatever is happening is barred more than before. The organ that passes through skin and flesh, and now like a machine, is turned cold and hard. The woman alive brings the machine into life once more, in the form of a picture hanging on the wall, picture that is spread out on the wall, an image that requires her to fight for the emancipation of the people, sensual powers latent in the head, wants to move up from this state, to be in a position to be variable and different from what is symbolic of modern women.  Symbolic place, an artificial mannequins, disposable, Mannequins with sensual colors, such as those that suit the man, get out of the place where it does not belong. Thus, becomes body that escapes from feminist, gender that is not the first nor the second, which was lost possession and harsh in search of identity, beyond naked or covered body, and is born again to emerge out free from sense of insanity and seduction of body . Is born as a fluid line between the sacred and the evil, in the moment to impact the deterioration of brightness, to escape away from the symbols and tradition and spring out free from any outbreaks and looting of tradition and redeem society. Woman becomes as a shell for herself and her existence…

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Woman in her own Solemnity

Tahmina Tomyris Woman the creator of history, isolated in the form of a figure, a color isolated in the light, a figure isolated in space of body. Beyond the naked figure, Woman inciting the people with all its grooves, is standing firm, against the wall of all strict incursions, traditions and symbols. Sometimes like a light, sometimes a material, sometimes like the surface, sometimes the body. Woman is the form of independence within the body, the body that whatever is happening is barred more than before. The organ that passes through skin and flesh, and now like a machine, is turned cold and hard. The woman alive brings the machine into life once more, in the form of a picture hanging on the wall, picture that is spread out on the wall, an image that requires her to fight for the emancipation of the people, sensual powers latent in the head, wants to move up from this state, to be in a position to be variable and different from what is symbolic of modern women.  Symbolic place, an artificial mannequins, disposable, Mannequins with sensual colors, such as those that suit the man, get out of the place where it does not belong. Thus, becomes body that escapes from feminist, gender that is not the first nor the second, which was lost possession and harsh in search of identity, beyond naked or covered body, and is born again to emerge out free from sense of insanity and seduction of body . Is born as a fluid line between the sacred and the evil, in the moment to impact the deterioration of brightness, to escape away from the symbols and tradition and spring out free from any outbreaks and looting of tradition and redeem society. Woman becomes as a shell for herself and her existence…

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Killid Magazine

CSHRN publishes a human rights page in Dari and Pashto in the weekly family magazine “Killid”. This magazine has an edition of 25'000 copies, which are available in nearly all of Afghanistan. Through this page, basic human rights concepts are explained in a simple language and different human rights organisations and activists are presented each week. ....................................................................................... دموكراسي و انتخابات حسين سرامد چنانی كه مي‌دانيم، در حكومتهاي دموكراتيك، قدرت، خاستگاه مردمي دارد و بنابر خواست و رضايتِ مردم و از طريقِ قرارداد ميانِ مردم ايجاد مي‌شود؛ يعني زمامداران و صاحبانِ قدرت، در واقع، امانتدارانِ قدرت اند، كه براي مدتِ معيني، در مرجعيتِ استفاده و اِعمالِ قدرت قرار گرفته اند. معين و محدود بودنِ زمانِ حكومتِ زمامداران به اين معناست، كه مردم صلاحيتِ آن را دارند، كه بعد از مدتِ معيني، شخصِ ديگری را امانتدارِ قدرتِ خود بسازند. از اين رو قرار گرفتن در مرجعيتِ رهبري و اعمالِ قدرتِ سياسي، تنها از طريقِ جلب و كسبِ رضايتِ مردم، امكان پذير است و هر كسي كه خواسته باشد در اين مرجع قرار گيرد، بايد موردِ توافق و رضايتِ مردم باشد، در غيرِ آن، از هيچ طريقِ ديگر، امكانِ رسيدن به مرجعيتِ اِعمالِ قدرتِ سياسي، امكان پذير نيست. در نظامهای دموکراتیکِ امروزی، اراده و رضايتِ مردم، از طريقِ انتخابات تبارز مي‌يابد. انتخابات، امكانِ آن را فراهم مي‌سازد، كه مردم فارغ از هرگونه ترس و فشار و نگراني، آزادانه، زمامدارِ موردِ نظرِ خود را برگزينند. مكانيسمِ انتخابات به گونه‌ یي است، كه به صورتِ طبيعي، توافقِ نظرِ اكثريتِ مردم را آشكار مي‌سازد. يعني هركسي مي‌خواهد در مرجعيتِ رهبري و استفاده از قدرتِ سياسي قرار گيرد، بايد توافقِ اكثريتِ مردم را با خود داشته باشد، تا بتواند به مشروعيتِ اِعمالِ قدرت برسد. در واقع، فرضِ انتخابات بر اين است، كه حكومت بايد توسطِ اكثريت، يا نمايندۀ اكثريت، اداره شود؛ زيرا ما ناگزيريم كه…

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Civil Society Role on Strengthening Human Rights

In 8-April-2012 the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) conducted a conference in Mazar province on evaluation of AIHRC 2011 action plan. The conference began by recitation of some versus of Holly Quran. Consequently Mr. Said Mohammad Samey the director of Mazar regional office of AIHRC welcomed the participants. In this conference Mrs. Sima Samar country director of AIHRC, Mr. Ahmad Fahim Hakim deputy of AIHRC, Musa Mahmudi executive director of AIHRC, Abdulahad Farzam director of Bamyan regional office of AIHRC, Ahmad Seyar Lalee representative of Civil Society and Human Rights Network(CSHRN) and Mrs. Homa Alizoy representative of Afghanistan Women Rights Network (AWN) had their own statements. Please read the statement of Mr. Ahmad Seyar lalee the representative of CSHRN. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By The Name of Powerful and Righteous God Civil Society Role on Strengthening Human Rights Dear all; Availing to the opportunity first at all I would like to thank Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission particularly the organizers of this important event. An especial thanks because of given me this chance to present the viewpoint of Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN) on the issue of “Civil Society Role in Strengthening Human Rights”. Indispensible role of civil society importantly contributes to perpetuation and promotion of human rights in a society that no one can ignore this important role. Rights of the citizens are one of the most important values of modern civil society, which is weaved to inalienable civil freedoms of citizens. Legal researchers and anthropologists believe that civil society and its significant role builds the legal base of democratic states. Civil society is not only promoting and strengthening human rights values but also strengthening legitimacy of democratic states. These are two main pillars of rule of law and push the states towards transparency and accountability. Another…

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Civil Society Role on Strengthening Human Rights

In 8-April-2012 the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) conducted a conference in Mazar province on evaluation of AIHRC 2011 action plan. The conference began by recitation of some versus of Holly Quran. Consequently Mr. Said Mohammad Samey the director of Mazar regional office of AIHRC welcomed the participants. In this conference Mrs. Sima Samar country director of AIHRC, Mr. Ahmad Fahim Hakim deputy of AIHRC, Musa Mahmudi executive director of AIHRC, Abdulahad Farzam director of Bamyan regional office of AIHRC, Ahmad Seyar Lalee representative of Civil Society and Human Rights Network(CSHRN) and Mrs. Homa Alizoy representative of Afghanistan Women Rights Network (AWN) had their own statements. Please read the statement of Mr. Ahmad Seyar lalee the representative of CSHRN. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By The Name of Powerful and Righteous God Civil Society Role on Strengthening Human Rights Dear all; Availing to the opportunity first at all I would like to thank Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission particularly the organizers of this important event. An especial thanks because of given me this chance to present the viewpoint of Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN) on the issue of “Civil Society Role in Strengthening Human Rights”. Indispensible role of civil society importantly contributes to perpetuation and promotion of human rights in a society that no one can ignore this important role. Rights of the citizens are one of the most important values of modern civil society, which is weaved to inalienable civil freedoms of citizens. Legal researchers and anthropologists believe that civil society and its significant role builds the legal base of democratic states. Civil society is not only promoting and strengthening human rights values but also strengthening legitimacy of democratic states. These are two main pillars of rule of law and push the states towards transparency and accountability. Another…

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