Start date: 2013 (2005 to 2012 at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)
Areas of expertise: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Public International Law, Human Rights
Highlights: over 16 projects, including 30+ workshops, 3+ secondments

Overview
Notwithstanding some positive changes, nearly two decades after the end of the Taliban rule, Afghanistan is still wrestling with serious challenges in its legal system. A state that promotes the rule of law and the observation of human rights remains a fundamental goal to attain; and this is even more important in light of the continuous unrest in the country.
The Foundation’s work in Afghanistan relies on the idea that an effective constitutional and administrative framework based on the rule of law is a key component in achieving enduring political stability and social peace. The Foundation primarily provides legal technical assistance to the government and supports capacity building in the Afghan justice institutions, the state administration, civil society and the state legislature. In all their activities, the legal analysts and researchers of the Foundation focus on areas essential for the development of the rule of law, many of which have not been covered by the international community in other projects. All activities are closely coordinated with the Afghan stakeholders in order to accomplish sustainable changes.
Current projects in Afghanistan
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Inclusive Dialogue on Constitutional Matters in a Comparative Legal Perspective
- The Afghan Women Judges Association: Empowerment through Capacity Building, Partnership and Advocacy
- Strengthening the Implementation of the Administrative Procedure Law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Completed projects in Afghanistan since 2013
- Strengthening Constitutional Interpretation and the Application of Constitutional Law in Afghanistan
- Strengthening the Implementation of the Constitution
- Constitutional Conflicts in Afghanistan
- Ph.D. Programme for Afghan Jurists
- Strenghtening Afghan Administrative Law III
- Improving the Afghan Legislative Process
- Strengthening International Legal Assistance in Afghanistan
- Refugee Law Afghanistan
- Training of Aspiring Judges IV
- International Law for Afghan Ministries
- Strengthening the Judiciary in “Forgotten Provinces” – Phase 2
- Training Programmes, Advice on Administrative Law and Support for Academic Research
- Informal Justice as Restorative Justice
- Trainings in Kunduz, Takhar, Badakhshan and Helmand Provinces
News Items
Human Rights at the centre of the 2nd workshop for female judges in Afghanistan
First technical working group conducted on a Commentary for the Administrative Procedure Law of Afghanistan
The Foundation conducts first workshop in 2020 on constitutional law for female judges in Afghanistan
The Foundation and its Afghan partner support the organisation of the last AWJA plenary session of 2020
The Foundation visits German Constitutional Court to create message for Afghan Women’s Judges Association
Contact

Wolf Plesmann
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Phone: +49 (0)6221 91404 0
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Dr Ilaria Vianello
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Phone: +49 (0)6221 91404 51
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