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UN rights council to decide on creating Afghanistan probe
The UN Human Rights Council considers a probe to collect evidence on international law violations in Afghanistan, focusing on abuses against women and preparing files for criminal cases.
- On Monday the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva will decide whether to create an investigation after Denmark tabled a draft on behalf of the European Union.
- For years Afghan and international rights groups have sought an investigation into decades of impunity and the Taliban government’s tightened restrictions on Afghan women and girls.
- The draft proposes investigators be empowered to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of international crimes and prepare files to cooperate with the ICC.
- Backed publicly by 14 council members and co-sponsored by Chile, France, Germany and Switzerland, the draft could lead to war crimes prosecutions under the 47-member Human Rights Council, though China questioned its costs and effectiveness.
- With mixed international reactions, the proposal faces differing stances as the United States opposes ICC scrutiny while Britain and Australia have opened rare inquiries, and Human Rights Watch calls it a `significant milestone`.
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UN Rights Council Creates Afghanistan Accountability Body
Click to expand Image The United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024. © 2024 Hannes Albert/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council on October 6, 2025, adopted a landmark resolution creating an independent mechanism to investigate past and ongoing rights abuses in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today. The resolution puts the Taliban and all others responsible for seri…
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UN rights body orders probe into human rights in Afghanistan, with a focus on women and girls
The U.N.’s top human rights body has agreed to set up an ongoing probe of human rights violations in Afghanistan under the Taliban, including against women and girls, in a measure pushed for by the European Union.
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