Gender Persecution
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Afghanistan
EU: Violations of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan May Constitute ‘Gender Persecution’
DID Press: The European Union, speaking at the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, expressed concern over the human rights situation in Afghanistan and said that “systematic and widespread” violations of the rights of women and girls…
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Afghanistan
ICC Secretly Issued Arrest Warrants for Two More Senior Taliban Figures
DID Press: International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague secretly issued arrest warrants last year for two additional senior Taliban figures over alleged gender-based and political persecution, according to an exclusive report by Middle East Eye published Wednesday. The report,…
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Afghanistan
ICC Judges Seek Separate Probe Into Taliban Gender Persecution Allegations
DID Press: Judges at the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber II have asked prosecutors to examine allegations of gender persecution by the Taliban through a separate investigation, arguing that the group’s conduct since 2021 is fundamentally different in nature from…
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