US EditionAfghanistan’s Taliban have ‘weaponized’ the judicial system to oppress women, UN expert says
AFGHANISTAN, AUG 6 – The Taliban replaced all female judges with male appointees and dismantled legal protections, leaving women with no official legal recourse, U.N. investigator Richard Bennett said.
- At the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday, UN investigator Richard Bennett reported Taliban rulers have 'weaponized' the legal system to oppress women and girls, according to the UN expert.
- Following their 2021 takeover, the Taliban dismissed all judges under the previous government, including women judges and prosecutors, replacing them with untrained male loyalists.
- Faced with virtually no rights, women engaging the Taliban court system encounter barriers like mandatory male relatives, driving them toward informal justice mechanisms such as jirgas and shuras.
- Since taking control in 2021, the Taliban's crackdown on women and girls has been widely reported and globally denounced.
- Amid mounting isolation, the UN investigator described the Taliban's weaponization of the legal system to oppress women and girls as crimes against humanity, earlier this year.
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UN expert claims Taliban’s weaponization of law against women is a crime against humanity
The Taliban’s systematic use of Afghanistan’s legal and judicial system to target women and girls amounts to “crimes against humanity,” a United Nations human rights expert said in a report circulated Wednesday. Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, told the General Assembly that the Taliban have “weaponized” the law to suppress women since retaking power in 2021. The expert reported that the…
The UN special rapporteur on human rights said Thursday that Afghanistan’s legal and judicial system is being used as a “weapon” by the brutal Taliban leadership to oppress women and girls, committing crimes against humanity. After coming to power in 2021, the Taliban suspended the 2004 constitution and laws that protected the rights of women and girls. Among other things, they repealed a landmark law that criminalized 22 forms of violence again…
The Taliban have 'weaponized' the judicial system to oppress women
The Taliban's use of the legal and judicial system to oppress women and girls amounts to “crimes against humanity,” according to the U.N. expert.UNITED NATIONS — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have “weaponized” the legal and judicial system to oppress women and girls in what amounts to “crimes against humanity,” the independent U.N. investigator on human rights in the country said.Richard Bennett said in a report to the U.N. General Assembly circu…
Afghan Taliban leaders have instrumentalized the legal and judicial system to oppress women and girls, which constitutes "crimes against humanity," explained the independent United Nations human rights investigator in the country.
Afghanistan's Taliban have 'weaponized' the judicial system to oppress women, U.N. expert says
UNITED NATIONS — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have “weaponized” the legal and judicial system to oppress women and girls in what amounts to “crimes against humanity,” the independent U.N. investigator on human rights in the country said
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