International Criminal Court requested arrest warrants against Taliban leaders

International Criminal Court requested arrest warrants against Taliban leaders

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants against leading Taliban members who committed presumably gender-based crimes. This is done in the middle of intensive suppression of women's rights in Afghanistan through the Taliban.

Responsibility of the Taliban leaders

In an explanation on Thursday, the ICC's chief banker expressed that "there are sufficient reasons to believe that the top leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the highest judge of the 'Islamic Emirats Afghanistan', Abdul Hakim Haqqani, are criminal for crimes against humanity that are based on gender."

episodes for Afghan women

KARIM Khan, the chief junction of the ICC, continued: “My office has found that these two Afghan citizens for the persecution of Afghan girls and women as well as for people who perceive the Taliban as non -compliant with their ideological ideas of gender identity or expression. become. “

approval of the arrest warrants

The application for arrest warrants still has to be approved by a judge. If the arrest warrants are approved, the court based in Haag does not have its own enforcement mechanisms and is dependent on the support of contracting states to carry out arrests.

hope of the activists

An Afghan activist who offers basic training programs for girls in rural areas under strict restrictions: "The news that the ICC is active against the Taliban gives us hope that our voices will not be forgotten - that the world continues to hear our call for equality and justice." She asked to stay anonymous, for fear of reprisals.

situation of women under the Taliban

Since the Taliban seized again in August 2021, women and girls in Afghanistan have been practically disappeared from public life . The Taliban government had initially presented itself as more moderate and declared that women would continue to receive education. Instead, the militant Islamist group has carried out a change of course by denying women access to universities, secondary school and beauty salons and Women has prohibited the work in NGOs, including the United Nations.

latest decree of the Taliban

A current decree of the Taliban government says that new buildings must not be built with windows through which women are visible. Existing windows must be disguised or bricked up. "It can lead to obscene actions when women are seen in kitchens, courtyards or when fountain from water," said Zabihullah Mujahid, a government spokesman.

reactions of human rights organizations

Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomed the arrest welcomes on Thursday and described it as "a memory that justice can win." Fereshta Abbasi, a researcher of HRW for Afghanistan, emphasized: "The Taliban have systematically withheld their fundamental rights to the women and girls of Afghanistan in the past three and a half years. It is time to fold them into account for these violations." She added: "We also hope that the ICC will expand its investigation into further serious abuse, including those that were committed by international military forces and the Islamic State in Afghanistan."

international recognition of the Taliban

No country formally recognizes the Taliban as a legitimate ruler of Afghanistan, but some nations such as Russia, China and Pakistan have established diplomatic relationships with the group.