Summary Report on Victim-Centered Investigative Mechanism for AFG

The Center for Dialogue and Progress – Geneva convened a panel titled “Building a Victim and Survivor-Centered Investigative Mechanism for Afghanistan: Lessons from Victims and Civil Society Engagement in Syria and Myanmar,” cohosted by the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, and cosponsored by the permanent missions of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, Luxembourg, and Spain, and the Center for Human Rights Advocacy. The discussion focused on how the newly established Independent Investigative Mechanism for Afghanistan (IIM-A) can engage victims and survivors, work with Afghan civil society as partners, and draw lessons from the IIIM (Syria) and IIMM (Myanmar). Speakers included Michelle Jarvis, Beatriz Balbin, a representative from the IIMM, Fadel AbdulGhany, Dr. Huma Saeed, and two Afghan survivors. This brief summarizes the key lessons and recommendations for the design and implementation of IIM-A.