The Peace Window

UN Expert: Perfect storm of human rights challenges in Afghanistan require urgent redress

24 Oct 2023
Afghanistan is facing a convergence of challenges, including a deteriorating human rights situation due to the Taliban's repressive policies and practices, a culture of impunity, an ongoing humanitarian and economic crisis, recent deadly earthquakes, and the possibility of massive  involuntary returns, all of which require urgent action to avoid further suffering and potential instability in the country and the region, a UN expert said today.
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The Cairo Peace Summit ended out of results, called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza

22 Oct 2023
The Cairo Peace Conference, which was held in Cairo at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi to end the Israel-Gaza war, demanded an immediate end to the war in Gaza. In this meeting from the Arab and Islamic countries, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Farhan, King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, King Abdullah II ...
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114 thousand people need humanitarian aid after severe earthquakes in Herat

18 Oct 2023
The United Nations Organization for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid or OCHA, by publishing a new report, said that due to the earthquakes in western Afghanistan, 114 thousand people are in need of help and 93 million dollars are needed to support them. Soraya is one of the victims of the recent earthquakes in Herat province, who lost her four daughters under the debris.
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UN special rapporteurs urged Pakistan to stop planned mass deportation of Afghans

18 Oct 2023
UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett today urged Pakistan to uphold the absolute and non-derogable principle of non-refoulement and prevent collective expulsion and forced return” & cancel plans to deport 1.4 million Afghan nationals.
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Canada called for international law, including humanitarian and human rights law, to be respected in Gaza

15 Oct 2023
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau today to a statement said that Canada is deeply concerned by the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Unimpeded humanitarian access is essential to address the urgent needs of civilians. Canada celled for international law, including humanitarian and human rights law, to be respected. The...
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