AIDP Urges UN to Reinstate Mandate of Human Rights Expert in Afghanistan

On June 4, 2005, the board of the International Association of Penal Law (commonly known by its French name Association Internationale de Droit Penal or its French acronym AIDP), met at the Palais de Justice in Paris and adopted a resolution concerning the independent expert on human rights in Afghanistan. The resolution notes that his report to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4/2005/122) contains specific recommendations for ensuring respect for the rights of prisoners and the prohibition of torture and for the functioning of the criminal justice system as a whole...[more]