Afghanistan: Challenges of trying a war crimes veteran in The Hague

Thijs B. Bouwknegt

Afghanistan: Challenges of trying a war crimes veteran in The Hague

NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide studies

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Abstract

On Tuesday 22 February, the District Court of The Hague closed its latest universal jurisdiction trial, against an Afghan-Dutch national alleged to have been head of the Pul-e-Charki prison in Kabul in the 1980s. But the trial has been rife with challenges around this war crimes probe.

Original language	English
Journal	Justice Info
Publication status	Published - 25 Feb 2022

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Afghanistan
war
war crimes
Universal Jurisdiction
prison
Geneva Conventions

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