Overview
The International Norms Project (INP) is co-ordinated by the London School of Economics (LSE) in partnership with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), and other partners including the University of Uppsala. The project is funded through the European Union Afghanistan Peace Support Mechanism (EU APSM) with support from the European Union and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
The aim of the INP is to map and compare fundamental rights and freedoms currently protected under the Afghan Constitution with Islamic teaching, traditions and texts in Afghanistan and elsewhere, with a view to identifying possible points of convergence in relation to the promotion and protection of those rights in Afghanistan going forward. This includes examining how such rights were negotiated in other political transitions in Muslim majority societies elsewhere.
The projects latest publication, A Guide to Peacemaking Using Islamic Principles is now available to download.
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