Over 20 Countries Support Plan To Prosecute Taliban At International Court of Justice
More than 20 countries supported the decision of Germany, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands to prosecute the Taliban at the International Court of Justice.
More than 20 countries supported the decision of Germany, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands to prosecute the Taliban at the International Court of Justice.
These countries announced that they condemn human rights violations in Afghanistan, especially gender discrimination against women and girls by the Taliban.
The countries said that they do not politically recognise the Taliban as Afghanistan's legitimate leaders, according to the Associated Press.
Recently, the foreign ministers of Germany, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands have warned that if the situation of Afghan women and girls does not change, they will file a complaint against the Taliban with the International Court of Justice. The four countries stressed that the violation of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan must stop.
In a statement on Wednesday, the foreign ministers of the four countries condemned the gross and systematic violations of human rights in Afghanistan, especially gender discrimination against women.
The Associated Press reported on Thursday that more than 20 countries have now backed the plan.
At the same time, Fereshta Abbasi, an Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch, called on other countries around the world to declare their support for the legal measures taken by these four countries.
"The announcement by Germany, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands may be the beginning of a path to justice for the Taliban's gross human rights violations against Afghan women and girls," Abbasi said.
