UN review finds Taliban policies violate women’s rights convention

UN Legal Review Finds 16 Taliban Policies Violate International Women’s Rights Treaty

A United Nations legal review has concluded that 16 measures imposed by the Taliban since August 2021 constitute systemic discrimination against women and girls, violating Afghanistan’s obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The post UN Legal Review Finds 16 Taliban Policies Violate International Women’s Rights Treaty appeared first on KabulNow.

UN review finds Taliban policies violate women’s rights convention

A comprehensive UN legal review has found that a sweeping set of policies imposed by the Taliban since 2021 violate Afghanistan’s obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, one of the core international human rights treaties. The report, published jointly by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN Women, examines 16 key Taliban directives and laws affecting…