The United Nations Special Rapporteurs have called for an investigation of the subjugation of women’s rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban as gender persecution following reports of women being subject to lashings.
In Afghanistan, the violation of women’s fundamental rights, which is already “severe and unacceptable,” has risen in recent months, the experts said, according to a Nov. 25 U.N. statement. The Special Rapporteurs insisted that such gender persecution, which can be prosecuted under international law, is a crime against humanity.
