Afghanistan, Feb. 26 -- UN High Commissioner Volker Turk urges global recognition of gender apartheid in Afghanistan.
Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on Thursday, February 26, stated in Geneva that Afghanistan's women and girls face systematic gender-based oppression amounting to gender apartheid, calling for international legal recognition.
He warned that recent Taliban laws formalize discrimination, expand domestic violence, and grant state-like legitimacy to abuses, undermining women's and children's rights across Afghanistan.
The High Commissioner stressed that ending gender apartheid requires clear definitions under international law, robust accountability mechanisms, and immediate intervention to protect the rig...