The Transitional Justice Coordination Group of Afghanistan has called for the recognition of gender apartheid in Afghanistan

29 Mar 2024
2 Minutes
The Transitional Justice Coordination Group of Afghanistan has called for the recognition of gender apartheid in Afghanistan

Members of the Afghan Transitional Justice Coordination Group have asked the United Nations to recognize gender apartheid in Afghanistan and say that the Taliban group has not taken any practical measures to reduce violence, especially against women.

The members of the Transitional Justice Coordination Group of Afghanistan (TJCG) have sent an open letter to the 6th Committee of the United Nations, calling for the recognition of gender apartheid in Afghanistan.

The members of this group have said in this letter that the request for an immediate appeal and taking all necessary measures to include gender apartheid in the draft of the discussed convention as a crime against humanity should be done.

The letter states that the recognition of gender apartheid in Afghanistan will further protect the rights and dignity of individuals, including women and girls.

In this, they emphasized that the Taliban terrorist group has ruled over the fate of the people of Afghanistan, and on the other hand, they have not taken any practical measures to reduce violence, especially against women.

According to them, violence against women in Afghanistan has been widely applied by the Taliban group by implementing more than 50 decrees.

However, international organizations have expressed concern about human rights violations in Afghanistan and said that the Taliban have not fulfilled what they promised in this regard.

Amnesty International has written in several newsletters that after two and a half years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan; But they still haven’t fulfilled what they promised about human rights.

Amnesty International has called for an end to human rights violations in Afghanistan and has emphasized the right of girls and women to have access to education, work, and education, as well as the right to freedom of speech.

Meanwhile, the Office of the Special Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid of the United Nations (OCHA) has also written in several newsletters regarding human rights violations in Afghanistan that Afghanistan is one of the most difficult, challenging and insecure countries for women and girls.

This is despite the fact that after the fall of the republican system and the re-establishment of the Taliban in Afghanistan, this group has blocked education, study and work for girls and women, and this issue has faced strong reactions from the international community.