Geneva, Oct. 6 (AP).– The U.N.’s top human rights body agreed Monday to establish an investigation into human rights violations in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, including those against women and girls, in a move pushed by the European Union.
Unopposed and only with China opting not to join the consensus, the Human Rights Council agreed to establish an “independent and ongoing investigative mechanism” to monitor rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s return to power more than four years ago.
The resolution seeks to prepare files that can be used by international justice, such as in the International Criminal Court, and is based on the work of the special investigator that the council of 47 member countries has already created, among other things.
That investigator, Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett, declared last month that the Taliban “have manipulated” the legal and judicial system to oppress women and girls in what amounts to “crimes against humanity.”
The Taliban dismissed all judges under the previous government, including 270 women, replacing them with men who lack legal training and issuing decisions based on edicts issued by the Taliban, Bennett said.
[ This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool. ]
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