Human Rights Watch [4] (HRW) on Dec. 1 urged [5] the prosecutor's office [6] of the International Criminal Court [7] (ICC) to expedite inquiry into international crimes committed in Afghanistan. In November the ICC released the Report on Preliminary Examination Activities (PDF [8]) finding that over 14,300 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan since 2007 and that violence against women has increased. The report also stated that armed anti-government groups and government armed forces have reportedly recruited and used children in attacks. The HRW said that the Afghanistan situation has been under analysis by the ICC since 2007 and that given the alleged ongoing commissions of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the ICC should now expedite their fact-finding mission to Afghanistan.
From Jurist [9], Dec. 1. Used with permission.
In 2007, Afghanistan passed an amnesty law [10], which has been repeatedly protested [11] by HRW.
