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Secretary-General's Special Representative3
- These tragically high casualty numbers show that children are bearing the brunt of the conflict, and unfortunately this trend continues with the deterioration of the security environment into 2015," Leila Zerrougui, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, said about the report. (un.org)
- Even if a conflict intensifies, it does not have to be matched by corresponding civilian suffering provided parties take their international humanitarian law and human rights obligations seriously," said Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA. (watchlist.org)
- The Secretary-General's Special Representative in Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, on 21 September commended Afghanistan's electoral authorities on the conduct of the parliamentary polls and said that there had been significant improvements in the organisation of the elections. (securitycouncilreport.org)
Taliban17
- Of 2,502 children killed or injured in 2014, almost half were casualties as a result of ground engagements with the Taliban and other armed groups. (un.org)
- A further 664 resulted from IED attacks by armed groups, including the Taliban and the Haqqani Network. (un.org)
- More recently, the main actors involved in the conflict included the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), supported by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force/Resolute Support Mission, fighting against the Taliban. (sas.ac.uk)
- On 15 August 2021, President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul leaving the Taliban to take over the Presidential Palace and announce the restoration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. (sas.ac.uk)
- A conventional warfare perspective driven by an emphasis on territoriality means that when judges decide asylum appeals, they tend to consider that factors regarding the location of traditional battlefronts, the number of armed confrontations between parties, such as the ANSF and the Taliban, and whether those parties physically occupy territory are determinative of whether a person is at risk on return to their home area in the country of origin. (sas.ac.uk)
- As the Taliban takes control of Afghanistan, violence is once more widespread across the country. (lowyinstitute.org)
- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called on the Taliban on September 29 to cease "arbitrary arrests and detentions" as it highlighted the recent apprehension of two women's rights activists in Kabul. (rferl.org)
- The Taliban appears to be reemerging in Afghanistan. (heartlight.org)
- These include an increased emphasis on civil-military relations, jus in bello (just conduct during war) through non-lethal operations, and quantifiable conflict resolution that includes negotiating with moderate Taliban militia groups, as unpalatable as that sounds to military purists. (smallwarsjournal.com)
- quantifiable conflict resolution that includes negotiating with moderate Taliban militia groups, as unpalatable as that sounds to military purists. (smallwarsjournal.com)
- The Americans, British, etc., have a history in that part of the world and there was suspicion from other camps that we couldn't deliver moderate Taliban, would be made fools of, or would sell out others in Afghanistan in order to tend to the Taliban, all while being outmaneuvered. (smallwarsjournal.com)
- The data on Afghanistan is sparse at all periods, including the Taliban years (beginning in 1998), leaving considerable gaps in what we can document. (tufts.edu)
- Er lijkt zich een verbond tussen de Taliban en Daesh te vormen. (europa.eu)
- Is the drone program simply a part of the ongoing U.S. war against Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated forces that began in Afghanistan? (americanprogress.org)
- Although armed conflict continued in the country, on September 12, representatives of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban commenced Afghan peace negotiations. (state.gov)
- Women and their children living in Afghanistan who have protested for their educational and employment rights and other freedoms have faced violence from the Taliban. (change.org)
- We call on the U.S. government, EU, and Islamic countries to put diplomatic pressure on the Taliban to respect and protect women's rights in Afghanistan. (change.org)
Displacement2
- In the Horn of Africa, the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia has cost thousands of lives and resulted in internal and cross-border displacement in Tigray and neighbouring Afar and Amhara. (co.ke)
- Nearly half of them live in countries where conflicts and population displacement make it difficult to reach children with essential vaccinations. (cdc.gov)
UNAMA5
- UNAMA) - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) calls on all parties to the conflict to take precautions to protect civilians during operations. (watchlist.org)
- The daylong event, held in Asadabad, the capital of the eastern Kunar province, was organized by Kunar provincial administration in collaboration with the regional office of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Departments of Women's Affairs in Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman. (unmissions.org)
- UNAMA is mandated to support the Afghan Government and the people of Afghanistan as a political mission that provides 'good offices' among other key services. (unmissions.org)
- An issue for the Council is how to tailor the ISAF resolution to reflect the new policy directions agreed upon at the London and Kabul conferences this year, and link this with the revised priorities for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) adopted in March. (securitycouncilreport.org)
- My non-academic background includes extended deployments as a human rights field officer with the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and as a consultant for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. (lu.se)
Afghan5
- Under the pretense of high-paying employment opportunities, traffickers lure foreign workers to Afghanistan, and lure Afghan villagers to Afghan cities or to India or Pakistan, then sometimes subject them to forced labor or forced prostitution at the destination. (wikipedia.org)
- The report expresses deep concern about the number of children killed and maimed, particularly during ground engagements pitting Afghan security forces and international military forces against the armed groups. (un.org)
- The report says that a Government decree criminalizing underage recruitment by the Afghan National Security Forces has been in force since February 2015, and "lies at the centre of all efforts to ensure accountability and prevent the recruitment and use of children by both the Government and armed group actors. (un.org)
- Meanwhile, Afghan women in Islamabad, Pakistan, protested the arrest of members of civil society in Afghanistan, citing the detention of Parsi and Parwani in particular. (rferl.org)
- Limited prevalence data for HIV, hepatitis B surface an- population of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, has in- tigen (HBsAg), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) exist for Afghan- creased to 3 million since 2001 because of returning refu- istan. (cdc.gov)
Forces12
- SRSG Zerrougui also highlighted the report's expressed concern for what it calls "widespread impunity for grave violations against children by Government security forces, including against children in detention for alleged association with armed groups. (un.org)
- In February 2008, the IBCR was invited to speak about the situation of girls involved in armed forces and groups in Western Africa, during a conference held in Madrid that was organised by the Government of Spain and the Spanish Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. (ibcr.org)
- The International Committee of the Red Cross defines an armed conflict as any difference between two States leading to the intervention of the members of the armed forces. (ibcr.org)
- and in Syria, where civilians have been killed in clashes between Government forces and armed opposition groups. (undispatch.com)
- In recent years, residents have witnessed a significant amount of conflict, as many districts across the east are contested by armed groups opposing government forces. (unmissions.org)
- Before and during negotiations, armed insurgent groups conducted major attacks on government forces, public places, and civilians, killing and injuring thousands. (state.gov)
- Military law enforcement conducted investigations of killings by the armed forces. (state.gov)
- This means that no one will face legal consequences for the deadliest bomb attack by the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) since its formation. (wsws.org)
- This manual has many distinguished antecedents that have provided important guidance to the US Armed Forces. (ama-assn.org)
- Amphetamines were used extensively by Allied and Axis armed forces during World War II and during the recent Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts to increase wakefulness and attention. (medscape.com)
- More than 229,000 Armed Forces personnel have been diagnosed as having TBI since 2000 (5), and recent studies found that 10% to 23% of OEF/OIF service members screened positive for TBI (6,7). (cdc.gov)
- S10 - Year of separation) "In what year were you last separated from active duty in the Armed Forces? (cdc.gov)
Defines2
- Broadly described, such a perspective defines armed conflicts as well-defined events during which fighting parties engage in combat along identifiable front lines in order to occupy territory. (sas.ac.uk)
- It defines the Bundeswehr's Afghanistan deployment as a "non-international armed conflict as defined in international criminal law"-a legal term for civil war. (wsws.org)
Refugees11
- The number of refugees fleeing Afghanistan is reflective of a larger trend worldwide whereby most refugees in the world are fleeing situations of protracted armed conflict. (sas.ac.uk)
- As the number of forcibly displaced people in the world continues to grow every year, adequately understanding the nature of violence in situations of armed conflict is essential for the effective protection of refugees. (sas.ac.uk)
- Although the principal legal instrument for the protection of refugees globally is the United Nations Refugee Convention, various regions such as the EU, have created separate protection statuses for persons fleeing 'indiscriminate violence' in situations of armed conflict. (sas.ac.uk)
- The United States, in particular, has a political and moral responsibility to establish a scheme that enables more refugees from Afghanistan to enter the country. (lowyinstitute.org)
- Refugees may have acquired high-risk bebavior, drug users (IDUs) in Kabul, Afghanistan, from June 2005 such as injection drug use, that may place communities at through June 2006. (cdc.gov)
- Other than the countries directly involved, the Syrian conflict also continues to affect other countries indirectly by producing more than six million refugees worldwide. (fpif.org)
- In 2020, South Sudan was the origin of the fourth-largest number of refugees globally at over two million, just below Afghanistan. (co.ke)
- In 2020, South Sudan was the origin of the fourth-largest number of refugees globally at over two million, just below Afghanistan with 2.8 million refugees. (co.ke)
- The meeting will give special focus to emergency preparedness and response in light of the unprecedented increase of armed conflicts in the Region, which are putting enormous pressure on health systems and resulting in huge numbers of refugees. (who.int)
- Around half of the world's refugees belong to Afghanistan, Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic and are mostly hosted by four countries of the Region, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Pakistan. (who.int)
- Victims of conflict and refugees have been found to be at The impact of disasters is felt differentially within societies, greater risk of contracting HIV/AIDS due to increased sexual and those most socially excluded and economically insecure violence and disruption of health services [10]. (who.int)
Syria5
- In order to understand whether the protection needs of persons fleeing armed conflicts are being met in the EU, I conducted a study between 2016 and 2019 [1] investigating how the judiciary in various EU Member States (Belgium, Denmark, France, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) determine the asylum appeals of persons fleeing Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. (sas.ac.uk)
- That should explain why ill-fated Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq persist among the bottom five countries. (fpif.org)
- Intractable conflicts in the Middle East have affected Syria and Iraq the worst but the spillover effect from these conflicts has also contributed to deterioration in the ranks of more peaceful and richer countries. (fpif.org)
- Although the United States has done poorly in terms of safety and security as well as ongoing conflict, its rank in the militarization domain is particularly dire: fourth from the bottom, below Syria and above only North Korea, Russia, and Israel. (fpif.org)
- The war in Ukraine adds to several other on-going violent aggressions and conflicts in other places in the world, like Palestine, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen. (lu.se)
Humanitarian Assistance1
- We call on the international community to increase their humanitarian assistance and aid for the people of Afghanistan through civil society and charitable organizations. (change.org)
Peace negotiations2
- We welcome the peace negotiations as they offer an opportunity for Afghanistan and its people to end decades of conflict. (icrc.org)
- Security Council Resolution 1325 reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflict, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconstruction. (unmissions.org)
Attacks3
- The track record of deadly attacks against civilians and the medical mission in this conflict is nothing short of shocking. (icrc.org)
- It states that in December 2011, an estimated 6,000-8,000 armed youth, militarily organized and primarily from the Lou Nuer group, mobilized in Jonglei and launched a series of systematic attacks over 12 days on areas inhabited by the Murle group. (undispatch.com)
- Al-Shabaab attacks in Somalia and armed operations against the militant group continue to drive people from their homes. (co.ke)
Pakistan8
- Women and girls from Pakistan, Tajikistan, and possibly Uganda and China are forced into prostitution in Afghanistan. (wikipedia.org)
- Trafficked Iranian women transit Afghanistan en route to Pakistan. (wikipedia.org)
- The present volume (2009) examines the various armed conflicts in South Asia in 2008 - in Afghanistan, FATA, J&K, India's Northeast, Sri Lanka and Nepal, and sectarian and naxalite violence in Pakistan and India respectively. (ipcs.org)
- In 1999, each of these countries either conducted two pairs (four rounds) of NIDs (Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iraq) or one pair of NIDs and one pair of large-scale subnational campaigns (Pakistan, Somalia, and Sudan). (cdc.gov)
- Cross-border coordination will continue between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. (cdc.gov)
- Four countries Afghanistan survey in 2005 estimated that there were bordering Afghanistan (Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, 50,000 heroin users in Afghanistan, of whom 14% reported and Iran), which provided refuge to many Afghans during injecting drugs ( 10 , 11 ). (cdc.gov)
- Eastern Afghanistan, a mostly Pashtun region, runs up against a rugged border with Pakistan. (unmissions.org)
- Consider, for example, the costs of violence at the Siachin Glacier, a 50-mile stretch of Himalayan glacier, a source of pointless contention between two nuclear-armed nations, Pakistan and India. (fpif.org)
Insurgency2
- Due to insurgency and armed conflict in some areas of the region, five schools that had reported cases and were identified as being safe by the Zamboanga Peninsula Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit were selected for the investigation. (who.int)
- This provides a fertile vantage point to address the to-be-or-not-to-be dilemmas around the interpretation of legitimacy, legality, and validity, and it provides food for thought for broader conceptual debates concerning armed conflict and insurgency. (lu.se)
Iraq and Afghanistan1
- A retired U.S. Army Infantry officer and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, Ben has provided design education across USSOCOM, the Department of Defense and the U.S. Government, academia and industry as well as internationally. (smallwarsjournal.com)
Kabul3
- Prior to the fall of Kabul, the characteristics of the conflict in Afghanistan reflected that of other contemporary armed conflicts such as Iraq and Somalia. (sas.ac.uk)
- Kabul Press is the most read discussion website for so-called country Afghanistan. (kabulpress.org)
- On September 10, 2022, two explosions hit Dasht-e-Barchi, a Hazara neighborhood in the west of Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. (eurasiareview.com)
Horn of Afr1
- Terrorism, armed conflict and extreme weather events such as floods, cyclones, droughts, storms and locust outbreaks have damaged livelihoods across the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region, resulting in large displacements of people. (co.ke)
Civilian1
- This context analysis examines the humanitarian, political, societal, and economic dimensions that make the protracted conflict in Afghanistan intractable and precarious for civilian populations. (ssrn.com)
Parties to the conflict1
- We encourage the parties to the conflict to reach agreements on specific issues that would help to alleviate the suffering of all those affected. (icrc.org)
Intractable problem2
- Nevertheless, there were a few bright spots where international assistance allowed Afghans to improve their living conditions, for instance by allowing hundreds of thousands of children to return to school if they were not hampered by security, indicating that helping Afghanistan does not pose an intractable problem. (hrw.org)
- Afghanistan has become an intractable problem absent any clear acceptable strategic solutions. (smallwarsjournal.com)
19782
- Afghanistan has been characterised by an almost continuous situation of armed conflict since 1978. (sas.ac.uk)
- In April 1978, the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA, an alliance of communist political parties, alongside officers in Afghanistan's army and air force overthrew the nationalist regime led by Mohammad Daoud. (tufts.edu)
South Sudan2
- These were in addition to five other Grade 3 emergencies: the complex humanitarian crisis in Iraq (graded in August 2014), the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa (graded in July 2014) and the conflicts in Central African Republic (graded in December 2013), South Sudan (graded in February 2014) and Syrian Arab Republic (graded in January 2013). (who.int)
- In South Sudan, the conflict between community militias continued in 2020 despite a peace accord that has restored a degree of stability. (co.ke)
Actors5
- The contemporary trends in and the factors that have sustained the conflict - local backing, logistical support and monetary assistance - are discussed next, followed by an examination of conflict management, specifically the measures taken by the government, non-state actors, civil society and the international community in addressing the conflict. (ipcs.org)
- The articles then chart the direction the armed conflict is likely to take and provide a set of alternative measures that could be pursued by the various actors. (ipcs.org)
- The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), since 2006, has been closely monitoring various armed conflicts in South Asia with a view to analyze their various facets including the main issues and trends, principal actors, efforts towards conflict management and the effectiveness of these initiatives. (ipcs.org)
- First, UN arms embargoes imposed on armed non-state actors have thus far failed to stop their arms acquisitions. (sipri.org)
- The report is based on field visits to numerous regions in Afghanistan in July 2018 - which included interviews and consultations with a variety of actors, including political stakeholders, humanitarian agencies, and populations affected by conflict - as well as a review of recent and relevant literature. (ssrn.com)
20233
- WASHINGTON - Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension and redesignation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from November 21, 2023, to May 20, 2025, due to ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in Afghanistan that prevent individuals from safely returning. (dhs.gov)
- Current beneficiaries under TPS for Afghanistan must re-register in a timely manner during the 60-day re-registration period from September 25, 2023 through November 24, 2023, to ensure they keep their TPS and employment authorization. (dhs.gov)
- Under the redesignation of Afghanistan, eligible individuals who do not have TPS may submit an initial Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status , during the initial registration period that runs from September 25, 2023, through May 20, 2025. (dhs.gov)
Situations3
- I found that asylum judges understand situations of armed conflict, such as the war in Afghanistan, predominantly through the perspective of conventional warfare and a notion of territoriality. (sas.ac.uk)
- Men play the primary role as combatants in conflict situations and status, or as a result of the interaction of social and and suffer the consequential injuries and negative health biological factors. (who.int)
- My research focuses on the intersection and implementation of international law, international economic law and international human rights law in complex contexts, such as situations of armed conflict, climate breakdown, humanitarian and health emergencies, forced migration. (lu.se)
Populations1
- Panelists will include ministers and representatives of humanitarian agencies, and will be discussing how to find common ground to meet the health needs of conflict-affected populations. (who.int)
Violence11
- We work around the world helping people affected by conflict and armed violence, and promoting the rules of war . (icrc.org)
- As a direct consequence of the violence that has characterised the conflict in Afghanistan for several decades, Afghans constitute the second largest refugee population in the world. (sas.ac.uk)
- This approach, however, ignores the wealth of theoretical and empirical knowledge about violence in armed conflicts. (sas.ac.uk)
- Kaldor argues that these features include the rise of non-state armed groups, the weakening of State institutions and the use of terror as a method of violence. (sas.ac.uk)
- With support from Plan Canada and Save the Children Canada, the Bureau helped the Forum produce a study on armed violence in Haiti and its impact on the protection of children. (ibcr.org)
- In Afghanistan , we talk of peace, yet violence continues to kill, maim and displace. (icrc.org)
- A century after World War I, the theater of war has shifted from interstate conflicts in Europe to internationalized civil wars and terrorist violence in the Middle East, North Africa, and Latin America. (fpif.org)
- An estimated 1.7 million people had been displaced by conflict and violence in Ethiopia as at the end of 2020. (co.ke)
- An estimated 1.7 million people had been displaced by conflict and violence in Ethiopia as at the end of 2020, the third-largest figure in the world, after the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Syrian Arab Republic. (co.ke)
- By the end of 2020, conflict and violence had resulted in over half a million displacements in Mozambique, the fourth-largest number of new conflict displacements in the World in that year," IOM said. (co.ke)
- This article outlines the history of international humanitarian law vis-à-vis conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) from the promulgation of the Lieber Code in 1863 until the adoption in 2019 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2467. (ama-assn.org)
Governments2
- Despite the prolonged conflict in Afghanistan, Governments of EU Member States have regularly returned or attempted to return Afghans. (sas.ac.uk)
- As one of the largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan, the Hazara people have endured a history of oppression , including slavery, torture and massacre , most recently under governments formed by the Pashtun majority. (lowyinstitute.org)
ICRC2
Impacts1
- In total, 31 experts from a dozen countries came together to discuss the need for further investments in order to protect children from the negative impacts of conflicts, more specifically with regard to the UN Security Council Resolution 1612 . (ibcr.org)
Afghanistan's1
- After reviewing the country conditions in Afghanistan and consulting with interagency partners, Secretary Mayorkas determined that an 18-month TPS extension and redesignation is warranted because conditions, including armed conflict, that support Afghanistan's TPS designation are ongoing. (dhs.gov)
Children26
- Afghanistan is one of the source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children who are subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution. (wikipedia.org)
- Trafficking within Afghanistan is more prevalent than transnational trafficking, and the majority of victims are children. (wikipedia.org)
- The UN Secretary-General's third report on children and armed conflict in Afghanistan, released today, recalls how 2014 saw more children killed or maimed amid rising conflict there than in any of the previous seven and a half years of monitoring in the country - but also highlights the Government's progress towards ending and preventing recruitment and use of children. (un.org)
- The report also highlights the use of children as suicide bombers by armed groups. (un.org)
- The killing and maiming of children from the indiscriminate use of IEDs in populated areas, and the use of children as suicide bombers, can only be condemned as flagrant violations of international human rights and humanitarian law," SRSG Zerrougui added, reflecting the report's recommendation calling for an immediate end to these and other violations by the armed groups. (un.org)
- I look forward to working with the Government of Afghanistan even more intensively in the months ahead as we move towards fully implementing the country's Action Plan for ending recruitment and use of children," SRSG Zerrougui said. (un.org)
- The 18-page report highlights the situation of children affected by armed conflict in Afghanistan, and presents information collected by the UN-led Afghanistan Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting. (un.org)
- It covers monitoring of the six grave violations the UN Security Council has identified as affecting children caught in armed conflict. (un.org)
- For many years, the IBCR has been an active member of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, a network that includes Canadian civil society's main players tasked with examining the condition of children in armed conflict. (ibcr.org)
- Under the auspices of Peacebuild, a Canadian network made up of civil society members focused on international issues, the group became the Canadian Forum on Children and Armed Conflict in 2006, and its initiatives were coordinated by the IBCR from 2007 to 2011. (ibcr.org)
- With financial support from the Government of Canada, the Bureau was mandated to coordinate the efforts of Canadian players, more specifically through the organisation of several campaigns and events aimed at promoting the rights of children in armed conflict. (ibcr.org)
- As coordinators, the IBCR and its partners carried out many important activities focused on the condition of children in armed conflict. (ibcr.org)
- Held in Ottawa, the workshop focused on reintegrating children affected by armed conflict. (ibcr.org)
- The event marked the 6th anniversary of the enactment of the Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. (ibcr.org)
- Other examples included: integrating many of the ideas discussed during the workshop into the Resolution 1612 workgroup in Afghanistan, or establishing new connections with programmes in Western Canada for children previously involved in armed conflict who were now living in Canada. (ibcr.org)
- We are writing to urge the U.S. government to strictly observe international standards governing juvenile justice and children deprived of their liberty, and the U.S.' legal obligations under the recently-ratified optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. (counterpunch.org)
- In addition, new international standards binding on the United States recognize the special situation of children who have been recruited or used in armed conflict, and their rights to prompt demobilization, and rehabilitation and reintegration assistance. (counterpunch.org)
- This section includes United Nations and other reports on the subject of Children and Armed Conflict in Afghanistan, with the focus on how children are affected by conflict environments. (unmissions.org)
- The mandate of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (OSRSG-CAAC) was created by the UN General Assembly in December 1996 to strengthen the protection of children affected by armed conflict, raise awareness, promote the collection of information about the plight of children affected by war and foster international cooperation to improve their protection. (unbrussels.org)
- Since 1999, the systematic engagement of the UN Security Council has firmly placed the situation of children affected by armed conflict as an issue affecting peace and security. (unbrussels.org)
- Virginia Gamba of Argentina is the current and fourth Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict . (unbrussels.org)
- In 2017, the General Assembly mandated the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict to strengthen her engagement with regional and subregional organizations to respond to emerging challenges with regards to the protection of conflict-affected children. (unbrussels.org)
- The UN Liaison Office for Children and Armed Conflict represents the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict in Europe and liaises on all matters related to children and armed conflict that fall under the remit of the Special Representative. (unbrussels.org)
- 170 ratifications to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict have been obtained. (unbrussels.org)
- Children are often among the most vulnerable in war and conflict. (government.se)
- In addition, it has been found that in making power can influence the impact of disasters for post-conflict areas, particularly in Lebanon, male children males and females. (who.int)
Somalia1
- Among the eight remaining countries, the annualized nonpolio AFP reporting rates during 2000 have exceeded one in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Somalia, and Sudan. (cdc.gov)
Veterans3
- This article briefly summarizes the health care needs of service members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, describes VA's approaches to addressing their needs, and outlines VA's evolving vision for how to apply principles of population health management to ensure prompt and effective response to the postdeployment needs of veterans returning from future conflicts. (cdc.gov)
- and outlines VA's evolving vision for how to apply principles of population health management to ensure prompt, effective, and sustained response to the postdeployment health needs of veterans returning from future conflicts. (cdc.gov)
- Participants were recruited from the VA office, with special care to recruit Gulf War veterans, female veterans, veterans who have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, or veterans who have been called up from the Reserve or the National Guard. (cdc.gov)
People affected1
- Afghanistan is at a crossroads: ensuring the protection of people affected by the conflict and addressing their deep-rooted humanitarian needs is an essential precursor to peace, prosperity and self-reliance. (icrc.org)
Country5
- A country may be designated for TPS when conditions in the country fall into one or more of the three statutory bases for designation: ongoing armed conflict, environmental disasters, or extraordinary and temporary conditions. (dhs.gov)
- however, armed insurgents control portions of the country. (state.gov)
- We have seen media coverage of how the people in Afghanistan, particularly women and girls, and those activists in exile outside of their country are raising their voices to fight for their rights and freedoms as they continue their struggles. (change.org)
- The Committee acknowledged that Afghanistan is a country in transition and that the destruction of institutions and infrastructure seriously impedes the implementation of the rights enshrined in the covenant. (securitycouncilreport.org)
- Incendiary weapons have been used most recently in the armed conflict in Ukraine, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022. (hrw.org)
Reconstruction1
- So it's sort of an obscure government agency called the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. (wunc.org)
Insurgent1
- Insurgent groups killed at least 34 aid workers in Afghanistan in 2007. (hrw.org)
Lanka2
- At the end of 2009 and beginning of 2010, an increasing number of male migrants from Sri Lanka, Nepal, and India, who had migrated willingly to Afghanistan, were then subjected to forced labor. (wikipedia.org)
- In this seminar, Bart Klem will share his findings, drawn from his book which the presentation is based on, providing a detailed account of the complex ground realities of the Tamil separatist conflict in Sri Lanka, both during and after the civil war. (lu.se)
Violent2
- The major reasons for the deterioration in global peace are ongoing violent conflicts. (fpif.org)
- Violent conflicts in the Middle East have affected governance and societies everywhere, most notably the United States which has enacted controversial laws such as the Muslim travel ban," adds Bennis. (fpif.org)
Strategic1
- Currently, our sticky strategic plan for Afghanistan is the pond, frog, and pulse arrangement. (smallwarsjournal.com)
United Nations2
- The United Nations assessment of areas considered most dangerous and thus out of bounds for nearly all aid workers doubled in 2007 to cover one-third of Afghanistan. (hrw.org)
- ASADABAD - In a regional conference on women's participation in peace and sustainable development, women's rights activists, government officials and United Nations representative stressed that women must play a unique and robust role in building peace in Afghanistan. (unmissions.org)
Casualties1
- Seventy-five percent of combat casualties in the current conflicts are due to explosive mechanisms of injury, primarily improvised explosive devices (1). (cdc.gov)
Gender3
- Saudi Arabia, which is also hostile towards any form of gender equality, at least allows their women to drive - unthinkable in Afghanistan right now. (theglobalist.com)
- This petition was drafted by the Women's and Gender Studies Program of the University of Texas at Arlington (#UTAWGS) in support of women's rights and gender equality in Afghanistan. (change.org)
- Feminist scholars have also offered a variety of critical analyses of war and conflict focusing on the role of gender, sexuality, class, religion, ethnicity and race, among others. (lu.se)
Countries3
- Tajik women are also believed to be trafficked through Afghanistan to other countries for prostitution. (wikipedia.org)
- In the European Union (EU), asylum seekers from Afghanistan have been in the top three countries of origin since 2015. (sas.ac.uk)
- The war drained the resources of both countries towards the point of bankruptcy, and for Iraq the immense foreign debt accumulated over the years to fund the conflict left the state in a deplorable financial situation at the end of hostilities. (lu.se)
Iran2
- Iran, with a wave of new-found insight, decides that the US is not the evil Satan and that a stable Afghanistan is just what Allah ordered. (smallwarsjournal.com)
- In addition, she has collaborated with several national NGOs in Afghanistan and Iran. (lu.se)
Terrorism1
- Research Institute for the Study of Conflict and Terrorism. (who.int)
Detention1
- At the same time, Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, said he was "seriously alarmed" by the detention of Parsi and Parwana and requested their immediate and unconditional release. (rferl.org)
Involvement2
- Covering 99.7 per cent of the world population, the index ranks 163 independent states and territories in three domains - safety and security in the society, involvement in ongoing conflicts, and militarization - according to 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators. (fpif.org)
- For a number of years, the United States has scored the worst possible scores on such variables as incarceration, involvement in external conflicts, weapons exports, and nuclear weapons" says the report. (fpif.org)
Commitments2
- Hundreds of joint commitments signed with parties to conflict including 17 Action Plans currently under implementation. (unbrussels.org)
- UNCSR, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other Afghanistan international commitments. (change.org)
Government7
- The Government of Afghanistan is making significant efforts to combat trafficking, such as the continued referral of identified trafficking victims to care facilities. (wikipedia.org)
- The Government of Afghanistan made minimal progress in protecting victims of trafficking. (wikipedia.org)
- Some reasons for U.S. failures in Afghanistan are starkly illustrated in internal government documents recently published by our guest, Washington Post investigative reporter Craig Whitlock. (wunc.org)
- Second, major arms suppliers have been willing to show their support for the government in a conflict zone by directly supplying it with arms. (sipri.org)
- Highlighting the importance of the issue the AIHRC has constantly emphasized the need for and urgent, fundamental and fair solution of the issue of Kochies through its press releases and annual reports to Afghanistan government and international societies. (kabulpress.org)
- In a troubling sign, President Hamid Karzai s government did very little to implement the Action Plan for Peace, Reconciliation and Justice, a five-year plan for implementing transitional justice in Afghanistan, which is part of the Afghanistan Compact and which he officially initiated on December 12, 2006. (hrw.org)
- Previously, for political reasons, the German government had denied that the Bundeswehr was involved in a war in Afghanistan. (wsws.org)
Groups1
- Her research interests cover a wide range of topics such as armed conflict , impunity for international crimes, the role of the ICC in Afghanistan, alternative justice measures, minority groups and intersectionality , human rights, and environmental law. (lu.se)
International hum2
- Not surprisingly, the Lieber Code forms an integral part of the background of modern legal manuals devoted to the conflict-focused area of international law now known as international humanitarian law (IHL), otherwise known as the law of war or law of armed conflict. (ama-assn.org)
- Bibliography of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts. (who.int)
Civil2
Human rights4
- We express our deepest concern for the human rights situation of women and girls in Afghanistan. (change.org)
- The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has been forced to shut down due to persecutions, silencing a credible and independent human rights voice for the people. (change.org)
- We call on all human rights defenders and associations to join together in support of women's rights, education, and movements politically, technically, and financially in Afghanistan. (change.org)
- and (3) infliction of rape in any conflict may equate to commission of torture and possibly genocide, a reality which obliges every clinician to appreciate that a patient may simultaneously be a victim of human rights violations and of crimes. (ama-assn.org)
Females1
- There are also women and girls markets in eastern Afghanistan, around the regions of Nangarhar and Paktia, where the females are sold openly. (wikipedia.org)