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By Raoul Wallenberg Institute
License: RWI report
RWI, an independent academic institution, is currently implementing a human rights program for Afghanistan (2024–2026) with the overarching goal of promoting inclusive governance, peace, and respect for human rights and gender equality in Afghanistan. The program also includes the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and a fellowship program to contribute to the UNSR mandate around priority issues for the UNSR. As part of this effort, the program seeks to strengthen academic research and discourse on the human rights situation in Afghanistan.
In line with these objectives, RWI organized a research conference on June 23 -27 in Istanbul – Türkiye focusing on transitional justice and minority rights in Afghanistan. The conference aimed to foster interdisciplinary dialogues and knowledge exchange, bridging academic research with practice solutions. While also drawing on comparative experiences from other contexts to offer relevant insights and lessons. By bringing together scholars, researchers, and practitioners, the event aimed to foster meaningful dialogue, share best practices, and develop actionable strategies to advance justice and inclusion in Afghanistan.
The event featured keynote speeches, panel discussions, and presentations by academics, scholars specialized in Afghanistan, technical experts, practitioners in transitional justice, and policymakers. Discussions centered on transitional justice, minority rights and inclusion, the intersection of transitional justice and minority rights, the interplay of gender, justice, and inclusion, as well as comparative experiences with human rights and transitional justice models, both past and present.
The conference brought together 49 interdisciplinary scholars, academics, researchers and practitioners both in-person and online. This report synthesizes the conference proceedings and closes with a set of actionable recommendations presented by the academics and scholars after in-depth deliberation with practitioners on future of transitional justice and minority rights in Afghanistan.
Key words: Afghanistan; transitional justice; minority rights; inclusion; women’s rights; comparative models; intersectional; best practices; conference; recommendations