Question of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Afghanistan

A/RES/42/135View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1988.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1986–1988

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1988	A/RES/42/135	Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan	953	33%Compare
1987	A/RES/41/158	Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan	981	11%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/137	Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan	1,779	–

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18 subjects

Afghan Refugees Afghanistan Afghanistan Situation Detained Persons Displaced Persons Freedom of Association Freedom of Expression Freedom of Movement Human Rights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Human Rights Violations Military Occupation Political Prisoners Prisoner Treatment Religious Education Religious Intolerance Right of Assembly Right to Life

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Commends the efforts of the Special Rapporteur to fulfil his mandate and takes note of his interim report on tbc situatinn of human rights in Afghanistan;

' Welcomes thc co-operation that the Afghan authoritics havc begun to extcnd to the Commission 011 Human Rights by permitting its Special Rapporteur access to facilities for conducting his investigation when he visited Afghanistan from .10 July to 9 August 1987;

Expresses its deep distress and continuing alarm at thc continued violations of the right to life, liberty and ~ecurity of person, as well as of the right to freedom of exprcssion, freedom of assembly, freedom of movement and freedom of association reported by the Special Rapporteur;

Expresses it.\ deep concern about the large number of persons detained without due process oflaw for seeking to excrcise their fundamental human rights and their detenrion under conditions co11trary to internationally recognized mínimum standards, while noting a reduction in thc number of political prisoners and the releasc of sorne pri~- ,mers as a result nf limited amncsties;

~- .Votes with great co11cern that such widesprcad viola- 11< ms nf human rights. which havc airead y caused mi Ilion~

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of people to flee their homes and country, continue to cause large flows of refugees ami displaced persons:

Expresses once again its deep concern that the Afghan authorities, with heavy support from foreign troops, are acting with great severity against t heir opponents and suspected opponents,

in a manner contravening humanitarian law and without any respect for the international human rights ohligations that they have assumed;

Expresses its grave concern al t he intensification of the armed conflict, which is causing death and material destruction, Jeading to acts of hrutality and to maltreatment of prisoners ami which, in particular, has severe consequences for the civilian population, with rising numbers of wounded and dead as well as the destruction of houses, mosques, livestock and crops;

A/so expresses its grave concern, in particular, at the severe consequences for the civilian population of indiscriminate bombardments and military operations primarily directed against villages and the agricultura! structure;

Continues to note with great concern that the educational system <loes not appear to respcct the liberty of parents to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own traditions and convictions;

Calls once again upon thc parties to the conflict, in order to alleviate the suffering of the people of Afghanistan, to apply fully the principies and rules of international humanitarian law and to co-operate fully and effectively with international humanitarian organizations, in particular to facilitate the protection activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross;

Urges the authorities in Afghanistan to co-operate

fully with the Commission on Human Rights and its Special Rapporteur, in particular by permitting the Special Rapporteur access to ali the places he wishes to visit;

Requests the Secretary-General to give ali necessary assistance to the Special Rapporteur;

Decides to keep under consideration, during its forty-third session, the question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan in order to examine this question anew in the light of additional elements provided by the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council.

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