Center for Economic and Social Rights - Afghanistan

Non-CESR Resources on Afghanistan

Thu, 05 Aug 2004 10:01:16 -0400

Joint Statement by United Nations Agencies - In Afghanistan, A Population in Crisis
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF, World Food Programme, UNDP, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A talk by TARIQ ALI, with AMY GOODMAN

Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:00:25 -0400

In October, 2003, CESR co-hosted a talk with Tariq Ali and Amy Goodman in New York City. Other sponsors of the talk included Verso, Campus Antiwar Network, and the Muslim Students Association.

CESR Op Ed: Stifled in the Loya Jirga, by Omar Zakhilwal (The Washington Post)

Sun, 16 Jun 2002 16:11:44 -0400

Kabul, Afghanistan - I am a member of the loya jirga's silent majority -- or rather, silenced majority -- who came here to Afghanistan's capital expecting to shape our nation's future but instead find ourselves being dragged back into the past.

New Human Rights Report to Be Presented at Loya Jirga

Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:53:26 -0400

Afghans and Aid Workers Criticize International Policy and Call for Meaningful Focus on Human Rights

Human Rights Assessment Mission to Afghanistan

Mon, 27 May 2002 13:50:13 -0400

Human Rights Conditions

Over twenty years of successive armed conflicts and massive human rights violations have killed at least 1.5 million Afghans and rendered 6 million homeless. Even prior to 11 September and 7 October, the Afghan population suffered severe destitution and hardship: a ruined infrastructure, abysmal socio-economic indicators, the world’s largest population of refugees and internally displaced persons, the world’s highest concentration of land mines, three years of worsening drought, a repressive government and international isolation marked by economic sanctions.

CESR Letter to the Editor (The New York Times)

Mon, 27 May 2002 12:53:38 -0400

To the Editor:

Congratulations on your comprehensive and moving account of the food crisis in Afghanistan ("Now the Battle to Feed the Afghan Nation"). But the article overlooks the dangers of militarizing the humanitarian effort.

Report: Human Rights and Reconstruction in Afghanistan

Wed, 01 May 2002 11:23:16 -0400

This report presents the findings of a human rights assessment mission to Afghanistan, undertaken in January 2002 by the Center for Economic and Social Rights. To provide a snapshot of local human rights priorities, the CESR mission interviewed a cross-section of Afghans and international aid workers.

In the Aftermath of September 11 - Afghanistan: A First-Hand Report

Sun, 14 Apr 2002 17:30:57 -0400

CESR researcher Hadi Ghaemi (CUNY) presented a half-hour talk accompanied by a videotape upon his return from Afghanistan as part of the CESR human rights research meeting.

Six Months After: Response, Rebuilding and Reconciliation. Four Panels on Post September 11

Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:41:41 -0500

Speakers include Roger Normand, CESR

Afghanistan Today and Tomorrow: An Evening of Music, Dance, Politics, Poetry and Art to Benefit Afghan Refugees

Sat, 15 Dec 2001 13:56:59 -0500

A group of Brooklyn organizations are trying to respond to the urgent need for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan. An estimated 3 million people lack food, shelter and basic medical care and many will die this winter. We reach out to you in the hope that you will attend the following event:

Violations of the Right to Food by all Parties to the Conflict in Afghanistan

Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:23:45 -0500

Letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Thousands of Afghan Civilians Starving; U.S. and Allies Ignore Humanitarian Crisis

Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:10:31 -0500

On Human Rights Day, US Groups Condemn “Widespread Violations of the Right to Food”

The September 11th Curriculum Project: Building Bridges of Understanding

Sat, 01 Dec 2001 13:58:24 -0500

Saturday, December 1, 2001, 10:00 AM - 3:00PM, 80 Catherine St, New York, NY

The Right to Food: The Case of Afghanistan

Thu, 15 Nov 2001 22:47:23 -0500

Human Right to Food

The human right to food¹ is recognized and protected in a wide range of both declaratory and legally binding international instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,² the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,³ the Convention on the Rights of the Child⁴ and the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition.⁵ As a result, all States are obliged to progressively implement the right to food and provide guarantees against hunger and starvation, even in times of emergency,⁶ by ensuring the accessibility and “availability of food in quantity and quality sufficient to satisfy the dietary needs of individuals, free from adverse substances and acceptable within a given culture.”⁷

Afganistan Ficha Informativa 3: Vulnerabilidades humanas claves a la luz de los ataques de Estados Unidos

Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:25:20 -0400