GENEVA (8 March 2024) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, today called on the Taliban to release women human rights defenders as the world marks...
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Afghanistan: UN expert calls on international community to prioritise human rights of Afghans in any ‘normalisation’
GENEVA (29 February 2024) – The deteriorating human rights situation in Afghanistan two and a half years on is causing unacceptable suffering, a UN expert said today. He called for urgent action by...
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Situation of human rights in Afghanistan - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan (Advance edited version) (A/HRC/55/80)
Human Rights Council Fifty-fifth session 26 February–5 April 2024 Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High...
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Draft articles on prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity: Recommendations from the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls (A/ HRC/WG.11/40/1) (Advance Edited Version)
Human Rights Council Working Group on discrimination against women and girls Fortieth session New York, 29 April–3 May 2024 Summary The Working Group on discrimination against women and girls has...
Gender apartheid must be recognised as a crime against humanity, UN experts say
Increasing global challenges demand that gender apartheid be recognised as a crime against humanity, UN experts said today, highlighting the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan. “Gender...
Afghanistan: Taliban’s arbitrary arrests and detention of women and girls over dress code must end immediately, UN experts say
GENEVA (2 February 2024) – UN experts* today expressed deep concern at numerous reports that scores of women and girls in Afghanistan have been arbitrarily detained and subjected to ill-treatment...
Taliban must immediately release women human rights defenders, say UN experts
GENEVA (31 October 2023) – UN experts* today demanded the immediate release of women human rights defenders Neda Parwan and Zholia Parsi, who have been detained by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities...
Afghanistan: Perfect storm of human rights challenges require urgent redress, says UN expert
NEW YORK (24 October 2023) – Afghanistan is facing a convergence of challenges, including a deteriorating human rights situation due to the Taliban's repressive policies and practices, a culture of...
Afghanistan: Time for decisive action says UN expert
GENEVA (13 September 2023) – A hunger strike by a number of Afghan men and women is a clear symbol of desperation many citizens feel about the deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in...
Special Rapporteur to Human Rights Council: the Systematic and Institutionalised Discrimination that Seeks to Exclude Women from All Facets of Life in Afghanistan Necessitates an Examination of the Evolving Phenomenon of Gender Apartheid
AFTERNOON 11 September 2023 Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Written Update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Situation of Human Rights in Sri Lanka The Human Rights...
Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls* (Advance edited version) (A/HRC/53/21) [EN//Dari/PS]
Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls describe the widespread and...
Afghan women suffer extreme discrimination, restrictions and violence - Deputy High Commissioner
DELIVERED BY Nada Al-Nashif, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights AT 53rd session of the Human Rights Council FROM Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the human rights of women and girls in...
Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls (A/HRC/53/21) [EN/AR/Dari/PS]
Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls describe the widespread and...
Afghanistan: UN experts appalled by Taliban announcement on capital punishment
GENEVA (11 May 2023) – UN experts* today expressed alarm at a recent announcement by the de facto Supreme Court in Afghanistan sanctioning the use of punishments including stoning, flogging and...
Afghanistan: Systematic crackdown on women’s and girls’ rights, UN experts say [EN/Dari]
GENEVA/KABUL (5 May 2023) – Following an eight-day joint visit to Afghanistan, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, and the Chair of the Working...
Afghanistan: Taliban must stop targeting Afghan women
GENEVA (6 April 2023) – UN experts* today demanded the immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order banning Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan_._ On 4 April, the de...
Afghanistan: Quality education must be equally accessible to all, UN experts say
GENEVA (20 March 2023) – UN experts* today said the ongoing unlawful denial of girls and young women’s right to education in Afghanistan marks a global nadir in education, impacting an entire gender,...
Afghanistan: UN experts say 20 years of progress for women's and girls’ rights erased since Taliban takeover
GENEVA (8 March 2023) – UN experts* today said the situation of women's and girls’ rights in Afghanistan has reverted to that of the pre-2002 era when the Taliban last controlled the country,...
Situation of human rights in Afghanistan - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett (A/HRC/52/84) (Advance Edited Version)
Human Rights Council Fifty-second session 27 February–31 March 2023 Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High...
UN experts: legal professionals in Afghanistan face extreme risks, need urgent international support
GENEVA (20 January 2023) – Lawyers, judges, prosecutors and other actors involved with the legal system in Afghanistan face grave risks to their safety, and lawyers still practicing must navigate a...