The Crimes of War Project and the Killid Group translated and published the flagship book “Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know” in Afghanistan into the two main Afghan languages, Dari and Pashto. The publication will make 2500 Dari and 2500 Pashto copies of the revised and updated edition of Crimes of War available for use by Afghan journalists, human rights practitioners, government officials and the general public. The book is an “A-Z guide to the laws governing armed conflict and their application in practice. The chapters include discussions of the crimes prohibited by international humanitarian law, key terms relating to modern warfare, analysis of legal categories, and case studies showing the place of war crimes in recent conflicts.” The revised edition, published in English in November 2007, includes new articles on Afghanistan, Guantanamo, terrorism, detention and interrogation, private military firms, and many other subjects.
The translation and printing of the book in Afghanistan was made possible by generous grants from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Open Society Institute (OSI).
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For more information on the trainings offered by the Crimes of War Project, please contact Marika Theros at [email protected] or call the US office at 202-638-0230.
Related Links
Open Society Institute
International Development Research Centre
ICRC
Afghanistan Justice Project
UNAMA
Internews
International Crisis Group
Open Media Fund for Afghanistan
Oxfam Novib
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