Resolution approved on Monday (6) denounces ‘institutionalization by the talibans of their system of discrimination, segregation, domination and contempt for human dignity and exclusion of women and children’
The member countries of the Human Rights Council of approved, on Monday (6), a resolution to create a permanent and independent investigation mechanism on violations of international law committed in the . “Four years after the taliban’s forcibly seized, the human rights situation only gets worse,” said Denmark Ambassador Ib Petersen, whose country presented the resolution on behalf of the
Resolution in particular denounces “institutionalization by the talibans of their system of discrimination, segregation, domination and contempt for human dignity and exclusion of women and children” and considers “imperative and urgent to establish responsibilities”. The investigation mechanism will be in charge of “gathering, consolidating, preserving and analyzing the evidence of international crimes and serious violations of international law,” says the text.
An EU spokesman told AFP that “preserving victims’ testimonies and reports” will facilitate independent criminal proceedings. Colombian ambassador Gustavo Gallón said that Afghan women and girls face an institutionalized repression “that seeks to erase their presence of public life.” “The whole Afghan population suffers the consequences of a context of violence, repression, hunger and displacement,” added Gallón.
The resolution was adopted by consensus, that is, without the countries having to formally vote. However, China, who is a member of the board, expressed his disagreement, although he has not asked a vote. For Beijing, the resolution does not take into consideration “the progress achieved in Afghanistan.” Since the Talibans returned to power in 2021, they have imposed very severe restrictions on women, including the ban on studying, working or moving without a male companion.
*With information from AFP
