The Erasure of Rights of Afghanistan’s Women and Girls: Taking the Taliban to Court
The Taliban’s unlawful takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 has become a “human rights catastrophe.” Afghan women and girls are being erased from public life as their rights are systematically annihilated.
On 26 September 2024, Canada announced a plan to take the Taliban to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over their violations of Afghanistan’s obligations under the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The joint plan has been launched by Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands, with support from 22 other countries.
UN experts and human rights organizations are applauding . . . [more]