Human Rights Research League

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Research. Education. Advocacy. Development. (R.E.A.D.)

Afghanistan

 

More than four years after the Taliban's seizure of power in Afghanistan, the humanitarian and human rights situation in the country remains dire. Hunger is widespread, with more than a third of the population facing acute food insecurity, a situation also exacerbated by recent mass deportations conducted by Iran and Pakistan. 

 

The exclusion of women from work and public life, and of girls from education beyond 6th grade, further contributes to this precarious situation and will have a lasting, negative effect not only on the mental health of those deprived of opportunities for personal growth, but on the development of the country.

 

Since the Taliban's return to power, Human Rights Research League has documented revenge killings and other serious human rights violations in Afghanistan and regularly intervenes at the UN Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, in debates, conferences, and side events, organizes academic discussions and seminars, and engages in advocacy efforts to the benefit of Afghanistan's suffering population. 

 

 

 

 

Human Rights Research League (HRRL) is pleased to participate in the Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation conference, to be held from 17-21 August 2026 in Bergen, Norway. The five-day international conference, bringing together scholars, legal professionals, activists and artist from around the world, explores the intersections of law, power, and resistance. On 20 August 2026, Human Rights Research League will take part in a roundtable on 'Mental Health, Resilience & Resistance in Times of War', featuring Angana Chatterji (University of California, Berkeley), Garine Papazian-Zohrabian (University of Montreal), Milica Javdan (HRRL), and Munzoul Assal (CMI). HRRL Chairman Tom Syring will be moderating the event. For further information, please see the roundtable description in the conference program. 

 

The roundtable will be accompanied by a photo exhibition on 'Ukraine: Daily Resistance', featuring photographs taken by Ukrainian photojournalist Yan Dobronosov since the beginning of the full-scale war of aggression committed by Russia against Ukraine.