Taliban withdraw Afghanistan from International Criminal Court

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Taliban withdraw Afghanistan from International Criminal Court

Decision follows ICC chief prosecutor’s announcement last month, seeking arrest warrants for the reclusive Taliban supreme leader

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Afghanistan joining ICC's Rome Statute legally void: Taliban administration

After Afghanistan was invaded by foreign forces in 2001, Western-backed administration joined Rome Statute in 2003 - Anadolu Ajansı

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Taliban Withdraw Afghanistan From International Criminal Court

The Taliban government announced on Thursday that Afghanistan no longer recognizes the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC). They declared the 2003 decision by the previous government to join the Rome Statute as unlawful. The move follows an announcement by ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan on January 23. He sought arrest warrants for Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani. The court ac…

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Taliban Reject ICC Authority, Announce Afghanistan’s Withdrawal – KabulNow

The Taliban announced Afghanistan’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday, rejecting the legitimacy of the country’s 2003 accession to the court’s founding treaty. The post Taliban Reject ICC Authority, Announce Afghanistan’s Withdrawal appeared first on KabulNow.

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Afghanistan revokes membership in the Rome Statute - Khaama Press

The Taliban government has announced the termination of Afghanistan’s membership in the Rome Statute following a request from the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the arrest of Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada. In a statement released on Thursday, February 20, the Taliban government declared that Afghanistan’s membership in the Rome Statute and the International Criminal Court would no longer be recognized. The statemen…

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In response to the request for an arrest warrant for the group’s leader and chief justice by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, the Taliban officially announced that they do not consider themselves “bound” by the Rome Statute and the International Criminal Court. The group’s statement, released this morning (Thursday, February 2), stated that the accession of the former Afghan government to the Rome Statute “has no legal validit…