International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
(ICC) to work in Afghanistan.
Members of the group said at an event that the International Criminal Court has mentioned in one of its reports that at least 112 complaints have been lodged with them from Afghanistan since 2003. Most of the complaints are about crimes against humanity and war crimes.
According to the group, the complaints have lodged with the court by human rights
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organizations in Afghanistan.
One member of TJCG Wadud Pedram said: "Kangaroo courts and targeting civilians are examples of the crimes that have happened in Afghanistan."
"We hope that the Afghan government provides the needed facilities as soon as possible and enables the ICC to operate in Afghanistan," he said.
Going into details about the complaints lodged in the court, Pedram said: "The incidents that have happened after 2003 will be included in Rome's articles of association. They should come and follow the cases in order to send them to the court and address the requests of the people and the victims."
The presence of alleged war criminals within government has been criticized several times but the TJCG says the existence of such figures in the Afghan government can hamper the lodging of complaints.
"The National Unity Government should learn from the experiences of the previous government [under former President Hamid
Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai
... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a
Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use...
], and it should bear in mind that peace cannot be established, violations cannot be stopped and people's trust cannot be gained if the legal requests of victims are ignored or if there was compromise and if the law was violated," said Rahim Jami another member of the group.