Resources page prepared by Geneviève Paul,
Bac. en Relations internationales et droit international (BRIDI), 3rd year, UQAM
Intern, The Rights & Democracy Network, October 2004
News
Instruments Documents Who is doing what 
Action area
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« Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. » (Article 22)
« Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized . » (Article 28)
News
News
UN News Focus - Aghanistanhttp://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/prev_dip/asia_pacific/afghanistan/fst_afghanistan.htm
Listservs
ReliefWeb via Email - Daily list of documents by countryhttp://www.reliefweb.int/viaemail/#daily
Instruments
International
For the Record: The UN Human Rights System - Afghanistan - Human Rights Internet (HRI)
http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2003/vol3/afghanistan.htm
UN Security Council - Resolutions
http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_resolutions04.html
Resolution 1471 (2003), Adopted by the Security Council at its 4730th meeting, on 28 March 2003, S/RES/1471 (2003)
http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf
Documents
In Brief
Human Rights Overview - Afghanistan - Human Rights Watch
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2003/12/31/afghan6991.htm#3
Publications
Afghanistan and Central Asia: Priorities for Reconstruction and Development, Asia Report N26, November 27, 2001
http://www.icg.org/home/index.cfm?id=1431&l=1
Afghanistan's Bonn Agreement: A Catalog of Missed Opportunities, Backgrounder, HRW, December 5, 2002
http://hrw.org/press/2002/12/afghan1205.htm
Independent Expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Mr. Cherif Bassiouni, E/CN.4/2003/39
http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?Open&DS=E/CN.4/2003/39&Lang=E
Peacebuilding in Afghanistan : Executive Summary and Recommendations, Asia Report N64, September 29, 2003
http://www.icg.org/home/index.cfm?id=2293&l=1
The Cost of doing too little: Afghanistan policy brief, CARE Canada, March-April 2004
http://www.care.ca/downloads/publ/afghan/AfghaistanCICBrief_e.pdf
Speaking out : Afghan opinions on rights and responsibilities, The Human Rights Research and Advocacy Consortium (HRRAC), November 2003
http://care.ca/downloads/publ/afghan/SpeakingoutOverview-final.pdf
Rights and Democracy
Women and Peacebuilding, by Dyan Mazurana and Susan McKay, Rights & Democracy, 1999
http://www.dd-rd.ca/english/commdoc/publications/women/womPeace.html
Women's Rights in Afghanistan. Report of Rights & Democracy's Mission to Afghanistan, September 2002, by Ariane Brunet and Isabelle Solon Helal, Rights & Democracy, December 6, 2002.
http://www.dd-rd.ca/english/commdoc/publications/women/afghanMissionEng.html
Who is doing what ?
References Websites and Networks
The Human Rights Research and Advocacy Consortium (HRRAC)
http://www.afghanadvocacy.org
Without borders
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Afghanistan
http://www.msf.org/countries/index.cfm?indexid=22D10F56-BEC7-11D4-852200902789187E
Institutions / NGOs
ReliefWeb - Afghanistan
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLCE/Afghanistan?OpenDocumen...
Amnesty International - Afghanistan
http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-afg/index
United Nations
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
http://www.unama-afg.org/about/index.html
UN Peacemaking and Preventive Action - Afghanistan
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/prev_dip/asia_pacific/afghanistan/fst_afghanistan.htm
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - Afghanistan
http://www.undp.org.af
Canadian Departments and Agencies
Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) - Afghanistan
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/asia/country/afghanistan-en.asp
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) - Afghanistan
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/CIDAWEB/webcountry.nsf/VLUDocEn/Afghanistan-Overview
Individuals
John Humphrey Freedom Award : Dr. Sima Samar (Afghanistan), 2001
http://www.dd-rd.ca/frame2.iphtml?...
Action Area
Action Now !
Disaster Response : Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan,
InterAction : American Council for voluntary action
http://www.interaction.org/afghanistan/
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