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Radio Programme on International Humanitarian Law (IHL)

The radio programme on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Afghanistan is debating the role of the international conventions on humanitarian law in the current situation of Afghanistan and their implication for the international and national military operations. The programme consists of two parts: analysis and debate. An international lawyer with expertise in international law prepares an analysis of the situation. Then the moderator of the radio programme asks questions from the guests invited in the program according to this analysis. The main focus of the programme is to deliberate questions regarding the killing of innocent people during military operations, the conditions of prisoners of war, the conditions in the prisons controlled by international military troops in Afghanistan, the role of the international community in monitoring IHL in Afghanistan, the role of the Afghan state and the international community regarding IHL and … The programme is aired once a month by Good Morning Afghanistan with the collaboration of the Civil Society and Human Rights Network. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "نــــــــگاه ژرف" رشته برنامه های تحلیلی پیرامون گفتمان های ارزشی در پیوند با فرهنگ حقوق بشر ۱۰٫۰۱٫۲۰۱۱ برنامۀ بیست و سوم: "سازمان ملل متحد فهرست سیاه دهشت افگنان را کوتاه تر کرد" پژوهش از ملک ستیز، پژوهشگر امور بین المللی مجری برنامه: حشمت الله رادفر     چندی پیش، سازمان ملل متحد اعلان داشت که فهرست سیاه نام های دهشت افگنان را کوتاه تر کرده است. این تصمیم پس از دادخواهی زیاد دولت های ایالات متحدۀ امریکا، بریتانیا و افغانستان اتخاذ گردیده است. در یک پیامی که در زمینه به نشر رسیده است آمده است که سازمان ملل متحد این تصمیم را برای تحکیم، امنیت و ایجاد فضای صلح آمیز اتخاذ کرده است. سازمان ملل متحد بر بنیاد منشور خویش، یک نهاد جهانی است که بر اصل احترام به ارزش های انسانی و…

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International Humanitarian Law Promotion In Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a country that suffered from different kind of conflicts during the past 35 years. Around one million Afghans have been killed and approximately two million others became physically and psychologically disabled. During the war the infrastructure of Afghanistan had been damaged badly that caused about five million Afghans to become refugees and displaced persons. During the war, the conflict parties haven't respected the international humanitarian law; as a result many Afghans became the victims of such phenomenon. After the Taliban collapse, the international military forces organized a lot of operations against the international terrorism in Afghanistan . According to civil society organizations, during the military operations many civilians became the casualties and victims during the war against terrorists in the country. Some international troops in Afghanistan have organized their presence in Afghanistan . They arrested a number of Afghans and detainees. Sometimes the reports show that the prisoners' even innocent civilians have become the victims of torture & inhuman behaviors. The Civil Society & Human Rights Network has decided to promote the culture of international humanitarian law in Afghanistan based on Geneva conventions. The goal of the program is to promote accountability and transparency of the Afghan state and the role of the international actors in the field of international humanitarian law. Based on the project an educational manual on international humanitarian law will be developed trained and promoted in Afghanistan. The educational manual deals with tree components. The first component is thematic issue; the manual will cover the conventions and international mechanisms on international humanitarian law. The second component covers the issue of role and responsibilities of states and international actors in Afghanistan . Here, the role of civil society is also covered by the educational manual. The third component, deals with methodologies of implementation…

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The Voice

CSHRN produces together with the private radio channel ‘Good Morning Afghanistan' (GMA) since 2004 a weekly 30 minutes emission on human rights. It is called “The Voice” and is broadcasted in Dari and Pashto. ‘The Voice' addresses crucial issues of human rights in Afghanistan by educating the general public on human rights, but also by investigating severe cases of violations of human rights. It does this by having experts giving educational programs, by facilitating discussions between Afghan citizens, parliamentarians, intellectuals and civil society organisations on important human rights issues, by presenting investigative programs and following up on the violations with state actors. ‘The Voice' can be received through all of Afghanistan. By producing ‘The Voice', CSRHN and ‘Good Morning Afghanistan' aim at strengthening the rule of law through promoting respect for human rights in Afghanistan and at contributing to the development of the Afghan civil society. All the emissions of ‘The Voice' can be listened to in the archive of ‘Good Morning Afghanistan'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- کمپاین روز جهانی صلح 24,09,2012   ۲۱ سپتامبر یا روز جهانی صلح، همه ساله در جهان تجلیل می شود. از این روز درافغانستان نیز تجلیل می گردد. جنگ ویرانگر بیش از سی سال درافغانستان آثار تکاندهنده و خاطرات تلخ را در این کشور بجا گذاشته و ادامه ی آن نیز هر روز خاطره تلخ دیگری را در این سرزمین رقم می زند. با این وصف مردم افغانستان بیشتر از هر زمان دیگر به صلح وآرامش نیاز دارند. این در حالیست که افغانستان درحال حاضر نیز تلخترین وتکاندهنده ترین رویداد های قتل، کشتار، انفجار و بی امنیتی را به تجربه می نشیند. اما پایان جنگ چه وقت خواهد بود؟ مردم این سرزمین چگونه میتوانند به صلح وآشتی دست یابند و به جنگ نقطه ی پایان بگذارند؟ این موضوع را دربرنامه امروز به بحث وبررسی گرفته…

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The Voice

CSHRN produces together with the private radio channel ‘Good Morning Afghanistan' (GMA) since 2004 a weekly 30 minutes emission on human rights. It is called “The Voice” and is broadcasted in Dari and Pashto. ‘The Voice' addresses crucial issues of human rights in Afghanistan by educating the general public on human rights, but also by investigating severe cases of violations of human rights. It does this by having experts giving educational programs, by facilitating discussions between Afghan citizens, parliamentarians, intellectuals and civil society organisations on important human rights issues, by presenting investigative programs and following up on the violations with state actors. ‘The Voice' can be received through all of Afghanistan. By producing ‘The Voice', CSRHN and ‘Good Morning Afghanistan' aim at strengthening the rule of law through promoting respect for human rights in Afghanistan and at contributing to the development of the Afghan civil society. All the emissions of ‘The Voice' can be listened to in the archive of ‘Good Morning Afghanistan'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- کشته شدن ۲۰ تن از مردم ملکی در ولایت کندز توسط یک قوماندان محلی 10,09,2012   یک قوماندان محلی در ولایت کندز بعد از آن که شماری ازافرادش توسط افراد ناشناس به قتل رسید، ۲۰ تن از افراد ملکی را از خانه هایشان بیرون نموده و هدف قرارداد. دراین رویداد ۱۳فرد ملکی دیگر زخمی شده اند.  از سوی دیگر در یک حمله انتحاری طالبان مسلح در ولسوالی دربابای ولایت ننگرهار نزدیک به ۸۰ تن از مردم ملکی کشته و زخمی شده اند. بحث این هفته برنامه صدا به هدف قرار گرفتن مردم ملکی از سوی نیروهای طرفدار دولت و نیروهای مخالف دولت اختصاص داده شده است. مهمانان گرامی دراین بحث: ۱- خانم شینکی ذهین کروخیل نماینده مردم درمجلس نماینده گان. ۲- رحیم الله رامح نماینده عدالت انتقالی درکمیسیون مستقل حقوق بشر افغانستان. ۳- محمد…

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Youth’s Cultural Radio Program

An Afghanistan youth's cultural network has been established in 10/October/2009. The general aim of the youth's cultural network is to promote the understanding of the Afghan youths about the cultural rights of the Afghan citizens in order to protect these rights. To this end, a network for a dialogue on social and cultural issues among students of different afghan universities has been created. This network will anchor the culture of human rights among students and strengthens the cooperation and understanding among students from different cultural and geographical backgrounds. The cultural youth network is support in the technical and coordination field by CSHRN, financially by the Denmark 's Cultural Centre for Development and all the activities in the regions are carried out through the regional offices of CSHRN. Together with the private radio channel' Good Morning Afghanistan (GMA), this network conducts since December 2009 a youth cultural program once a month. This program is based on discussions of debates that the network is continuously carrying out in Kabul and the provinces. This program lasts 45 minutes and the participants invited to this program are university students from Kabul, but also from Herat, Bamyan, and Balkh who take part in these debates via phone. All the radio programs of the youth's cultural network can be listened to in the archive of ‘Good Moring Afghanistan' and CSHRN site. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "دهمین برنامۀ رادیویی فرهنگ و جوانان" 25,06,2011 برنامۀ دهم: گفتمان تحت نام نقش جوانان در رسانه ها مجری برنامه: سید حامد احمدی شبکۀ فرهنگی جوانان به ادامۀ گفتمانهای فرهنگی و هنری خود این بار خواست تا موضوع نقش جوانان در رسانه ها را به بحث بکشد. در گفتمان کنونی از یکتعداد جوانانی که در برخی از رسانه های کشور فعالیت دارند دعوت شده است تا در این مورد بحث و گفتگو کنند.…

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Joint statement of CSHRN & Nai supporting Afghanistan’s Open Media On the approval of the Law on Access to Information

In the name of Almighty Allah Joint statement of CSHRN & Nai supporting Afghanistan's Open Media On the approval of the Law on Access to Information July 02. 2014 Kabul Afghanistan The Afghan parliament approved the Law on Access to Information containing 6 chapters and 32 articles with the majority of votes on Monday, 30th of June.2014. The law on access to information was under the review of the governmental agencies for almost three years, and about two months ago, it was sent to the house of the people for approval. The main discussion on the law on access to information as one of the main human rights of the citizens was conducted by CSHRN for the first time in 2005, and then its first draft was prepared by one of CSHRN's working group in Mazar-e-Sharif. The mentioned draft law was completed after the continuous and non-tiring efforts of CSHRN and its member organizations, Nai Supporting Afghanistan Open Media, civil activists, journalists and extensive national consultations across the country. After its completion, the draft law was sent to the national assembly after extensive and deep review and assessment by the ministry of culture and information, ministry of justice, council of ministers and the high council of media to be approved. We consider the approval of the law on Access to Information by the national assembly a significant step in promoting transparency and accountability and effectiveness of development programs in Afghanistan. The Law will provide great opportunities and pave the way for fighting corruption and strengthening the role of media in providing information. Nai supporting Afghanistan open media and Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan (CSHRN) beside thanking and praising the Afghan lower house for passing the mentioned law, states the bellow point in connection to that:…

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Joint statement of CSHRN & Nai supporting open media in Afghanistan Regarding the law of access to information

In the name of Almighty Allah Joint statement of CSHRN & Nai supporting open media in Afghanistan Regarding the law of access to information January 13, 2014 Kabul Afghanistan Access to information is one of the main backgrounds of forming knowledgeable and responsible citizens and democratic political institutions and organizations. The law of access to information strengthens the role of the citizens in state and nation-building and provides the ground for legacy of the political system. The Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan which is comprised of 129 member organizations, prepared the first draft of the law on access to information in constructive coordination and partnership with civil society institutions, experts and human rights activists, and carried out an extensive research and discussion about that in three analytical symposiums. On the other hand, the draft law was observed and evaluated by academic and civil society organizations, media and other stakeholders. Last year, ministry of information and culture expressed its interest on the draft law of access to information and supported its approval. Based on the commitment of ministry of information and culture, a joint committee of evaluating and researching the draft law was created to comprehensively reevaluate the mentioned draft law. The High Media Council also announced its support from the approval of the law on access to information and asked the government to actively pursue the process of ratifying the draft law. The draft law on access to information has been presented to ministry of justice of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan by CSHRN and the ministry of information & culture. The scheme was welcomed by civil society, political institutions, and Nai supporting open media in Afghanistan, Afghanistan's National Journalists Union (ANJU), transparency watch of Afghanistan and the media of the country continuously advocate speeding up…

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CSHRN statement About the increasing violence against women in Herat province

In the name of Almighty Allah CSHRN statement About the increasing violence against women in Herat province December 19, 2013 Herat-Afghanistan The western Herat province of Afghanistan has recently been witnessed of heinous and inhuman acts against women. The incident happened with Sitara; a young lady has shocked all the people across the country and hurt the conscience of Herat society. Some cruel people having no basic mercy against women and mothers, always commits the worst and the most heinous and inhuman acts in our society. They forgot that they are born of those mothers, whom they are violating against, while women have been valued and are of high dignity in Qur'an. These criminals do not know that inhuman and cruelty acts and behaviors against women and mothers are against the Islamic principles and human values. They harm the human values and make themselves the most hideous and disliked persons in the society. The western office of CSHRN and other human rights defenders and activists shortly after hearing this shocking news, commenced protests and indicated their abhorrence against this inhuman act. On the other hand, the reports of the western office of civil society & human rights network of Afghanistan indicate that violence and inhuman acts against women have increased in Herat province. Our studies and observations from the hospitals and meetings with the victims clearly indicate that most of the victims are suffering family violence. The Civil Society & Human Right Network of Afghanistan acknowledges that if such inhuman treatments are not prevented and its perpetrators are not punished and bring to courts, then Herat province will face a huge catastrophe against women. According to the constitution, civil code and international obligations, the Afghan government is required to protect and respect women's rights. The Convention on discrimination…

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CSHRN’s Statement regarding the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) Between Afghanistan and the United States of America

In the name of Almighty Allah CSHRN's Statement regarding the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) Between Afghanistan and the United States of America December 01, 2013 Kabul-Afghanistan The Afghan people who have learned from their painful and troublesome past and by considering the requirements and security necessities have realized the importance of the international cooperation. As per the find outs of the Civil Society which is in contact with various people of the society, most of the Afghan people are in favor of signing the security agreement between Afghanistan and the United States of America. The Messages and the outcome of the traditional loya Jirga on the strategic agreement between Afghanistan and the United States of America, and the consultative Loya Jirga on bilateral security agreement between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the United States of America are the instances of the Afghans who would like the BSA to be signed. The messages and request made during the consultative Jirga clearly indicates that the Afghan people demand strategic cooperation with the international community especially with the United States of America for securing the Human Rights, maintaining stability and economical developments. The Civil Society & Human Rights Network of Afghanistan (CSHRN) requests the government of Afghanistan to comply with this clear desire of the people of Afghanistan; that is based on the national interest. We believe that any kind of disagreement with the approval of BSA will not be beneficial for stability, security and economical development of Afghanistan. Delaying the BSA is not only against the democratic principles, but it also provides the ground for those who are looking for their own benefits in the failures of Afghanistan. CSHRN while appreciating and praising the efforts of the Afghan representatives in the Jirga, expresses its deepest concerns over the harsh…

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CSHRN’s Press Conference statement Over Violation of National and International Rights of Children and Increasing of street-children

In the name of Almighty Allah CSHRN's Press Conference statement Over Violation of National and International Rights of Children and Increasing of street-children Wednesday, Sep 04, 2013 Kabul-Afghanistan More than a decade had passed since the establishment of the new Islamic republic government of Afghanistan. According to the constitution, the government should be committed to its national and international obligations and Universal Declaration of Human Rights and implement them. The state is obliged to avoid any injustice, law-breaking and cruelty acts in the country. Along with all the social problems that had not been resolved yet, increasing of street-children and drug addict is another shocking warning to the government, international community and the civil society institutions, while millions of dollars have spent by the name securing children's rights. Street children refer to children who are under 18 and for their survival obliged to do hard labor or live on the streets. Worker and Street children are the first victims of the injustice of this system. They have not been benefited from their basic rights which have been mentioned in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Declaration on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Factors as corruption, poverty, violence, illiteracy, cultural poverty, homeless, seasonal unemployment, insufficient income, addiction, irresponsible parents, absence of children guardian, running away from home, parents and teachers poor teaching, the media and misuse of the religious beliefs are the factors of increasing the working and street children and the reason that today we have more than two million working and street children and more than three hundred thousand addicts in the country. Street children are facing disrespect, threat, violence, harassment, encouragement for using drugs, employment in poppy…

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