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Crimes Against Humanity in Afghanistan with a…

Crimes Against Humanity in Afghanistan with a Gender Lens: Strengthening Global Coordination (CSW68 Side Event)

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Meetings & Events / Side Events
Production Date
Video Length
01:14:51
Asset Language
English
Original
Broadcasting UN Entity
DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS - DGC
Subject Topical
STATUS OF WOMEN
WOMEN
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
AFGHANISTAN SITUATION
Geographic Subject
AFGHANISTAN
Corporate Name
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN - CSW
Summary
Since the Taliban's seizure of power in 2021, women and girls in Afghanistan have been subjected to severe repression of their rights and freedoms, which UN experts, legal scholars and activists agree amounts to a system of apartheid to deliberately subjugate them on the basis of gender.
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Description
The event poses an urgent call for coordinated global action for the codification of Gender Apartheid as a Crime Against Humanity within international legal frameworks. 
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