Afghanistan: Choosing Peace Over Justice

The failure of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai to document past war crimes and the decision of Ghani to continue with the Amnesty Law, which provides blanket amnesty to those involved in the past and present conflicts, brought into light the need for transitional justice in Afghanistan. Accordi...

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Published inDiplomat (Rozelle, N.S.W.)
Main Author Dwivedi, Neha
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Tribune Content Agency LLC 20.07.2017
Subjects
Amnesties
Crimes against humanity
Genocide
Hostility
International relations
Karzai, Hamid
Military air strikes
Political activism
Rape
Sex crimes
War crimes
Kabul Afghanistan
Afghanistan
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Summary:The failure of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai to document past war crimes and the decision of Ghani to continue with the Amnesty Law, which provides blanket amnesty to those involved in the past and present conflicts, brought into light the need for transitional justice in Afghanistan. According to the 2016 report by the ICC Office of the Prosecutor (OTP), since the Afghan government signed the Rome statute on May 1, 2003, war crimes and crimes against humanity have occurred in Afghanistan but no one had been prosecuted for such crimes in this period so far. According to a Human Rights Watch report, at the height of fighting in July and August 2002, Hekmatyar’s forces destroyed hundreds of homes in Kabul and raped women during offensive operations.
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ISSN:1446-697X