Research
Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Middle East Country of Origin Report
Areas
- Human Rights, including women’s rights, ethnic and religious minority rights, and LGBT issues,
- Family law, forced marriages, Islamic marriages, divorce, alimony, and custody of children
- Domestic and gender-based violence, including sexual assault, honour killing, and rape cases
- Internal Relocation, including Risk on return to asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Disputed nationality cases and language assessment for determining country of origin
- Diaspora communities, refugee and asylum cases.
- Socio-culture norms and tribal dynamics: Jirga Decisions (informal justice and Taliban courts) including Pashtunwali and Blood Feuds
- Authentication and legalisation of education and legal documents such as ID cards, marriage certificates and others
- Fact-finding matters, including Taliban legal and judicial practices and assessment of prison conditions of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Middle East countries
- Assessment of health facilities and services, including mental health and PTSD
- Geopolitical trends and regional security, mass mobilisation and protest movements.