Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report – Universal Periodic Review: AFGHANISTAN

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report – Universal Periodic Review: AFGHANISTAN

I. BACKGROUND INFORMATIONA. Asylum-seekers and RefugeesIn August 2005, Afghanistan became a State party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol (hereinafter referred to…