Last week, UNAMA, in a 28-page report, expressed concern over what it described as continuing gaps in transparency and accountability within the security institutions.
In the report, UNAMA also raised concerns about the jurisdiction of military courts to try civilians, stressing that under international human rights standards, civilians should ordinarily be tried before independent civilian courts.
Khalil Ahmad Nadem, a legal expert, said: “This should also be observed in Afghanistan because if civilians are tried in military courts, justice may not be ensured.”
Fazl Rahman Orya, a political analyst, said: “Military courts are established to try military personnel. That is what distinguishes them from ordinary courts. For this reason, I do not think civilians have been tried in such courts.”
The UNAMA report can be found here.
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