Name and first name
Mohammad Farid Hamidi
Date and Place of Birth
24 August. 1967, Nengarhar, Afghanistan.
Working languages
Dari and English
Current position/function
 Commissioner of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) in
charge of Monitoring and Investigation Unit
 Member of Advisory Board to the President of Afghanistan on Senior Appointments
 Member of Treaty Reporting Committee appointed by the President
 Member Board of Directors, Foundation for Cultural and Civil Society
Main Professional Activities
Overseeing the activities of monitoring and investigation unit of the Afghanistan
Independent Human Rights Commission, authorizing investigation of human rights
violations and abuses, assigning teams for investigation of International Humanitarian
Law breaches. Analyzing, compiling and making recommendation on finding of every
incident that are resulted by breach of international humanitarian law.
Advising President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on credibility of candidates for
Senior Government Offices from a human rights perspective and facilitating vetting
process of the police appointments
Analyzing and compiling relevant human rights data provided by Human Rights Treaty
Reporting Committee for Afghanistan human rights periodic reporting.
Educational background
BA Criminal Law, Academy of Police, Kabul Afghanistan.
BA Law and Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of
Kabul, Afghanistan
Certificate Course of Conflict Resolution, Birmingham, UK.
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body
concerned
Member of Universal Periodic Review Report team (UPRR) involved in analyzing and
compilation of Afghanistan Economic, Social and Cultural Rights treaty reporting.
Involved and conducted training Sessions for Civil Society Organizations on preparation
of ESCR shadow report.
List of most recent publications in the field
 International Human Rights Law and Afghanistan’s Obligations
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Series of essays on Modernization of Afghanistan
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Legal and law reform of Afghanistan