Fayaz Foundation, hereafter referred to as ‘the Foundation’, is a non-profit, non-governmental and independent human rights organization. The purview of the Foundation is Afghanistan, but  the Foundation’s purview will not prevent it from raising its voice in protest against human rights abuses elsewhere in the world. The policy of the Foundation will be based upon international legal instruments on human rights. The ethnic, religious, political and ideological background of those who commit violations will not influence the objective judgment of the foundation.

Fayaz Foundation shall endeavour by all means within its power to:

1- Advocate the realization and improvement of the status of human rights in Afghanistan.

2- Launch, lead and facilitate the process of documentation, verification and publication of human rights abuses and violations perpetrated by war-criminals in Afghanistan.

3- Offer and promote all possible assistance to every natural or legal person who works or wishes to work for the observance, promotion and implementation of human rights in Afghanistan.

4- Foster the exchange and dissemination of information among:
a- Country Chapters of the Foundation,
b- Afghan human rights groups and activists,
c- Fayaz Foundation and international human rights organisations.   

5- Participate in bringing about a transparent and solid process of social reconciliation in Afghanistan through resisting the policy of tolerating impunity and by advocating the prosecution of persons who have been involved in policy making, command structures or perpetration of human rights violations and war-crimes in the past three decades in Afghanistan.

The main areas of activity is determined by the executive committee of foundation on the basis of actual assessment of the situation. In the current situation the foundation concentrates its efforts on: women and child rights, freedom of expression and transitional justice in Afghanistan.

Fayaz Foundation shall provide a platform for Afghan and non-Afghan human rights activists who believe in the principles which constitute the vision of the Foundation and distinguish it from other human rights organizations working for and on Afghanistan. These principles are:

a- That human rights have a universal character, and that awareness of the existence and the importance of these rights by ordinary Afghans is the main condition for their enjoyment of their human rights. Promoting such awareness can be achieved through the work of Afghan volunteers.  The support of the international community can only play a secondary role.

b- That mere awareness and recognition of civil and political rights cannot and do not entail enjoyment of such rights if the majority of the citizens of a country are deprived from their internationally recognized social and economic rights, and if the people of that country cannot exercise the right to self-determination.

c- That the objectivity of human rights organizations in their judgment of facts is non-negotiable and that such organizations cannot and should not be vulnerable to pressure by governments, intergovernmental organizations or financial sponsors. Donations by natural and legal persons must be free of conditions that would impinge on the objectivity and independence of human rights organizations.