International Military Interventions Afghanistan

Investigations have begun into the possible responsibility of ISAF troop-sending states for civilian deaths during bombardments in the province of Uruzgan in Afghanistan in 2007.

Legal Instruments

2021 | Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission; Human Rights and Victim-Centered Justice in the Peace Negotiations: AIHRC Policy Statement

2020 | United States Department of Defence; Interim Regulations for Condolence or Sympathy Payments to Friendly Civilians for Injury or Loss That Is Incident to Military Operations

2020 | International Committee of the Red Cross; Commentary of 2020: Article 3 Conflicts not of an international character

2010 | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Civilian Casualty Guidelines

2002 | United Nations Security Council; Military Technical Agreement between the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Interim Administration of Afghanistan (S/2002/117)

1998 | Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Cases

2022 | The Netherlands District Court of The Hague, Chora plaintiffs vs The Dutch State

2021 | European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber, Hanan vs Germany

2020 | International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber; Judgment on the appeal against the decision on the authorization of an investigation into the situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

2019 | The Netherlands, Chora victims vs The Netherlands - Writ of Summons

2019 | International Criminal Court, Submission on behalf of Pakistani victims of cross border aerial bombardment launched from Afghan soil

2017 | International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor; Request for authorisation of an investigation pursuant to Article 15

Reports

2021 | Volkskrant: Schond Nederland het oorlogsrecht tijdens de slag om Chora: ‘De tol was hoog: 50 tot 80 burgerdoden’

2021 | Volkskrant: Rechter vraagt meer onderzoek naar Nederlands bombardement op Afghaans dorp

2021 | Volkskrant: Defensie negeerde waarschuwingen van bondgenoten over Afghaanse burgerdoden

2021 | The War Studies Research Centre report The Battle of Chora - A Military Operational Analysis of the 2007 Defence of the Chora District Centre in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan

2021 | REUTERS: Lawyers for Afghans say Dutch troops failed to spare civilians

2021 | Dutch Documentary Verraad van Chora

2021 | Documentaire Verraad van Chora

2020 | Opinio Juris – The Significance of the International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber’s Ruling in the Afghanistan Situation

2020 | NRC: Drempel om te schieten was voor Nederlandse militairen in Uruzgan laag

2020 | NRC: Defensie in gesprek met veteraan over mogelijke burgerdoden in Uruzgan

2020 | Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force – Afghanistan Inquiry Report (Brereton Report)

2020 | Human Rights Watch International Criminal Court Investigation Vital for Justice in Afghanistan

2020 | Center for Civilians in Conflict - Unacknowledged Harm: Hurdles to Receiving Victims’ Assistance in Afghanistan

2019 | UNAMA/OHCHR - Special Report: Airstrikes on alleged drug-processing facilities Farah

2018 | Afghan Analysts Network report Afghan Victims of War Crimes Want Investigation: Hundreds of thousands apply to International Criminal Court

2016 | Dutch documentary Onze missie in Afghanistan: De Slag om Chora

2016 | Documentaire Onze missie in Afghanistan: De Slag om Chora

2015 | Human Rights Watch - No More Excuses: A Roadmap to Justice for CIA Torture

2014 | Amnesty International - Left in the dark: Failures of accountability for civilian casualties caused by international military operations in Afghanistan

2013 | Amnesty International – "Will I Be Next?" US Drone Strikes in Pakistan

2012 | Open Society Foundation/AIHRC - Torture, Transfers, and Denial of Due Process: The Treatment of Conflict-Related Detainees in Afghanistan

2008 | Human Rights Watch - Troops in Contact: Airstrikes and Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan

2007 | Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission & United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan joint investigation into the civilian deaths caused by ISAF operation in response to a Taliban attack in Chora district, Uruzgan on 16th June 2007

2004 | Human Rights Watch - “Enduring Freedom”: Abuses by U.S. Forces in Afghanistan

Scholarship

Articles

2020 | T. Gregory The costs of war: Condolence payments and the politics of killing civilians

2019 | N. Shortland, H. Sari and E. Nader Recounting the dead

2019 | J. Borenstein Extraordinary Renditions and State Secrets: A Human Rights Approach

2019 | C. Wilke High Altitude Legality: Visuality and Jurisdiction in the Adjudication of NATO Air Strikes

2017 | M. Kolanoski - Undoing the Legal Capacities of a Military Object: A Case Study on the (In)Visibility of Civilians

2009 | N. Khan Justice to the Extent Possible: The prospects for accountability in Afghanistan

2007 | D. Weissbrodt and A. Bergquist - Extraordinary Rendition and the Humanitarian Law of War and Occupation

Books

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