Please join us for the online panel “A Human Rights Perspective on the Destruction of Afghanistan’s Environment by Warring Parties”, where the invited experts will explore the connection between environmental degradation and human rights violations in Afghanistan, discussing the long-term impacts on local communities and potential pathways for justice and recovery.
Date/time: Thursday May 30th, 3:00 – 4:30 pm Central European Time
Online: Register here
Speakers:
- Introductory remarks by Richard Bennett, Visiting Professor at RWI and UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan
- Prof. Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, Professor of History, the Modern Middle East and South Asia, James Madison University (USA)
- Dr. Najibullah Sadid, Associate Researcher at the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research institute (Germany)
- Lema Salah, Researcher at the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Netherlands)
- Dr. Claudia Ituarte-Lima, Leader of the Human Rights and the Environment Thematic Area at RWI
- Q&A
Moderator: Haroun Rahimi, RWI Research Fellow