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Several Afghan and international civil society organizations raised serious concerns over the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to open a separate investigation into Afghanistan, warning that it could complicate proceedings and limit victims’ access to justice.
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Accountability Watch Afghanistan (AWA) expresses serious concerns about the implications of the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s decision to separate the Afghanistan investigation by assigning a second 'situation', Afghanistan II. We join civil society organizations to question the Court's decision, and demand its full explanations.
On 20 October 2026, the ICC Presidency assigned the 'Situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan II' to Pre-Trial Chamber II.
Previously, on 15 July 2026, Pre-Trial Chamber II directed the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) to open a separate investigation based on the six-state referral of November 2024, provided the requirements of Article 53(1) remained satisfied. The OTP sought clarification and reconsideration. The Chamber rejected those requests and reaffirmed its direction on 3 September 2026.
Consequently, a majority of the Presidency assigned the second situation, Afghanistan II, to the same Chamber.
2/3⚡ We question why a separate investigation is necessary when the OTP has already investigated the alleged conduct and the Chamber has issued arrest warrants within the existing Afghanistan situation. Moreover, it is also unclear what the the status of the existing cases and open investigations and inquiries will be following the new 'situation'.
3/3⚡ Among others, the Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision carries potentially significant consequences to whether victims’ harm from serious crimes beyond gender persecution will still fall within the scope of the Court’s open investigations, or whether their access to potential justice and accountability will be reduced and stripped by this decision.
Read full statement here:
awa-af.org/publications/icc-…
#Afghanistan #AccountabilityMatters #ICC
In June 2026, Accountability Watch Afghanistan (AWA) developed an advanced documentation portal available in English, Farsi-Dari, Pashto and Uzbek languages.
The portal was established in response to the intensified and systematic violations of human rights in Afghanistan, the restrictions on civic space, and the challenges to access information. ⤵️
Since the announcement of this initiative, we have received numerous submissions and reports through the portal and those shared through other means.
We continue to responsibly collect, preserve, and analyze information and evidence to strengthen accountability against impunity. ⤵️
We invite you to learn more about our work, familiarize yourself with the standard, and help us reach affected communities, victims and survivors, both inside Afghanistan and abroad.
Sharing this resource with relevant networks can help ensure that those seeking to document violations are aware of the available channels.
Learn about our documentation below or visit our website for further details and a Q&A: awa-af.org/submissions
#Accountability #Afghanistan #Documentation
Accountability Watch Afghanistan retweeted
The ICC strongly rejects US sanctions against the institution:
🎥 Video Statement by the President of the #ICC, Tomoko Akane
Learn more ➡️ icc-cpi.pulse.ly/kyrbe2l43a
Accountability Watch Afghanistan retweeted
UNAMA expresses concern over #Afghanistan de facto authority arrests of women and girls.
Statement: unama.unmissions.org/en/pres…
Accountability Watch Afghanistan welcomes the @IntlCrimCourt’s arrest warrants against Taliban officials: Haibatullah Akhundzada, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Habibullah Agha and Neda Mohammad Nadim.
This marks a significant development in efforts to establish individual criminal responsibility for the Taliban’s systematic persecution of women and girls and those perceived to oppose or resist its policies.
#States must take all necessary measures to facilitate their arrest and surrender to the Court.
AWA urges the international community to ensure that these warrants do not remain decisions on paper. States must fully cooperate with the ICC and must not allow Taliban to escape justice and accountability through diplomatic engagement, travel exemptions or political considerations.
افغانستاننی جوابگرلیککه تارتیش کوزهتیش تشکیلاتی(دیدهبان پاسخگویی افغانستان)، بیرلشگن ملتلر تشکیلاتی انسان حقلری کینگشینینگ افغانستانده انسان حقلری احوالی توغریسیده A/HRC/63/L.8 قطعنامهسینی خوش قرشیلهیدی. اوشبو قطعنامهده، بیرلشگن ملتلر تشکیلاتی انسان حقلری کینگشی افغانستانده انسان حقلری ایشلری بوییچه بیرلشگن ملتلر تشکیلاتی مخصوص گزارشگری ریجارد بنت وکالتینی اوزهیتیریش بیلن بیرگه، اوندن افغانستانده ملی یا کی قومی، مذهبی و تیل آزچیلیکلریگه منسوب شخصلرنینگ احوالی توغریسیده گزارش تیارلشنی همده اونی انسان حقلری کینگشینینگ ۶۶ ییغیلیشیده شونینگدیک، بیرلشگن ملتلر تشکیلاتی عمومی مجموعهسیده تقدیم ایتیشنی سورهگن.
اوشبو قطعنامه تصدیقلنیشیدن آلدین، افغانستاننی جوابگرلیککه تارتیش کوزهتیش تشکیلاتی مستقل تکلیفلر تقدیم ایتیش، شونینگدیک مدنی جماعهچیلیک چقیریغی دایرهسیده انسان حقلری کینگشیدن مخصوص گزارشگریگه، خاتین-قیزلرنینگ احوالی توغریسیده منتظم گزارشلری بیلن بیرگه، افغانستانده اقلیتلر حالتی بارهسیدهگی موضوع گه عاید علیحده گزارش تیارلش وظیفهسینی یوکلشنی سورهگن ایدی.
قطعنامهدن قوییدهگی لینک آرقهلی فایدهلنیش ممکن:docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/63/L.8
We extend our gratitude to @EU_UNGeneva as penholder of Afghanistan’s resolution at #HRC63, for their role and leadership in preparing and passing a comprehensive resolution on Afghanistan.
Thank you for supporting Afghanistan’s civil society and for echoing women’s and minorities’ voices in the @UN_HRC debates and discussions on Afghanistan. #Afghanistan #Accountability
Today #HRC63 unanimously adopted a resolution led by the EU, on the situation in 🇦🇫. The resolution, adopted with wide cross-regional support, renews the mandate of the Special Rapporteur & ensures continued close attention to the abysmal human rights situation on the ground.
Accountability Watch Afghanistan retweeted
Today #HRC63 unanimously adopted a resolution led by the EU, on the situation in 🇦🇫. The resolution, adopted with wide cross-regional support, renews the mandate of the Special Rapporteur & ensures continued close attention to the abysmal human rights situation on the ground.
#HRC63 | Draft resolution A/HRC/63/L.8 on the situation of human rights in #Afghanistan was ADOPTED without a vote.
An important outcome well reflecting the civil society advocacy at the HRC63. Glad that two of AWA’s key recommendations are included in the resolution! #womenrights #minorities #IIMA #Afghanistan
#HRC63 | Draft resolution A/HRC/63/L.8 on the situation of human rights in #Afghanistan was ADOPTED without a vote.
Accountability Watch Afghanistan retweeted
Afghanistan: Amnesty International welcomes the adoption of the latest resolution on Afghanistan at #hrc63 by @UN_HRC. Amnesty International looks forward to the much-needed study mandated by the resolution on national or ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities, as well as to the Council's decision to continue focused discussions on the rights and circumstances of women and girls in the context of the Taliban's ongoing systematic and widespread human rights violations and abuses. The Taliban must be held to account and compelled to end their abusive rules, practices, and policies.
دیدهبان پاسخگویی افغانستان از قطعنامه A/HRC/63/L.8 شورای حقوق بشر سازمان ملل متحد درباره وضعیت حقوق بشر در افغانستان استقبال می کند. در این قطعنامه، شورای حقوق بشر سازمان ملل ضمن تمدید مأموریت ریچارد بنت، گزارشگر ویژه سازمان ملل متحد در امور حقوق بشر در افغانستان، از او خواسته است تا گزارشی را در مورد وضعیت افراد متعلق به اقلیتهای ملی یا قومی، مذهبی و زبانی در افغانستان تهیه و آن را در شصت و ششمین نشست شورای حقوق بشر و همچنان در هشتاد و دومین نشست مجمع عمومی سازمان ارائه کند.
پیش از تصویب این قطعنامه، دیده بان پاسخگویی افغانستان با ارایه پیشنهادات مستقل و همچنین در قالب فراخوان جامعه مدنی از شورای حقوق بشر خواست تا به گزارشگر ویژه ماموریت دهد که همزمان با گزارش های مداوم خود درباره وضعیت زنان و دختران، یک گزارش موضوعی در مورد وضعیت اقلیتها در افغانستان نیز تهیه کند.
قطعنامه از طریق پیوند زیر در دسترس است: docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/63/L.8
We welcome the United Nations Human Rights Council's resolution A/HRC/63/L.8 on the situation of human rights Afghanistan. The resolution mandated the UN Special Rapporteur @SR_Afghanistan to conduct a study on the situation of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities in Afghanistan, and to present that report, in combination with an oral update, to the 82th session of the General Assembly.
Ahead of the resolution, Accountability Watch Afghanistan submitted inputs independently and advocated as part of civil society call urging the HRC to mandate the SR to conduct a thematic report on the situation of minorities in Afghanistan alongside his continued reporting on the situation of women and girls.
The #Resolution adopted today strongly echoes the recommendations of the civil society and it includes the #following:
1. Welcomes the update by the Office of the High Commissioner on the advancement of the operationalization of the independent investigative mechanism and the deployment of the start-up team;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to appoint the staff of the mechanism as expeditiously as possible, taking into account the experience of other relevant mechanisms, and to recruit or allocate impartial and experienced staff with relevant skills and expertise, drawing upon the terms of reference prepared by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;
3. The UNSR to present a report to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-sixth session, together with a study on the human rights situation of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities in Afghanistan, and to present that report, in combination with an oral update, to the General Assembly;
4. The UNSR to present to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-fifth session an oral update on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, adopting an intersectional approach, to be followed by an enhanced interactive dialogue;
5. The Secretary-General to allocate the resources necessary for the implementation of the present resolution, including the logistical and technical resources necessary to support the functioning of the mechanism, including in terms of staffing, location and operational freedom to deliver on its mandate and bearing in mind the need to ensure consistency across such mechanisms;
6. The OHCHR to present, jointly with the IIMA annual reporting, at the HRC 64 session, a report focusing on the impact of the Taliban’s dismantling & replacement of the legal & judicial framework of Afghanistan, with particular attention to access to justice & effective remedies, including an assessment of the impact of changes to the legal, judicial & institutional framework on the enjoyment of human rights.
Read full HRC resolution here: docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/63/L.8
Pakistan has failed to exercise due diligence in conducting cross-border strikes against the TTP hideouts in Afghanistan, even if the Taliban are responsible for the group's presence. This has led to harm to civilians and civilian properties.
Accountability Watch Afghanistan calls for the protection of civilians in the ongoing tension between the Taliban and Pakistan. The Taliban's responsibility to prevent anti-Pakistan militants operating from Afghanistan's territory does not exempt Pakistan from its international law obligations in the conduct of military operations.
#Protection #Civilians #Afghanistan
