International Criminal Court seeks warrants for Taliban leaders for ...
2 days ago · The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for alleged gender-based crimes, as the group continues to crack down on women’s rights in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: ICC seeks arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over …
2 days ago · On Thursday, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for two senior Taliban officials: Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani. They are accused of crimes against humanity on the grounds of gender-based persecution under the Rome Statute of the court, which sets out the duty of every State signatory to exercise its criminal ...
ICC prosecutor requests warrants for Afghan Taliban leaders over ...
2 days ago · Human rights groups applauded the ICC move against the Taliban leadership. “Their systematic violations of women and girls’ rights, including education bans, and the suppression of those speaking up for women’s rights, have accelerated with complete impunity. With no justice in sight in Afghanistan, the warrant requests offer an essential ...
U.N.'s global criminal court prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for ...
2 days ago · In a statement posted on social media Friday, the Taliban's Foreign Ministry dismissed the request for ICC warrants as a move "devoid of just legal basis, duplicitous in nature and politically ...
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in ...
2 days ago · The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada ...
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for 'persecuting …
2 days ago · ICC judges will now decide whether to issue the warrants. The Taliban said it strongly condemned the accusations as "baseless" and politically motivated, accusing the court of "double standards".
Afghan women’s group hails court's move to arrest Taliban …
2 days ago · An Afghan women’s group on Friday hailed a decision by the International Criminal Court to arrest Taliban leaders for their persecution of women.. The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan announced Thursday he had requested arrest warrants for two top Taliban officials, including the leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.. Since they took back control of the country in 2021 ...
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders over ...
2 days ago · Persecution has taken place across Afghanistan since at least Aug. 15, 2021 — the day Taliban forces captured the capital, Kabul — to the present day, the prosecutor said.
Afghanistan: ICC Prosecutor Seeks Gender Persecution Charges
2 days ago · The ICC prosecutor announced that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Akhundzada and Haqqani persecuted Afghan women and girls, and their allies, as well as people whom the “Taliban ...
Arrest warrant proposed for Taliban leaders for gender-based …
1 day ago · A statement issued by the office of the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, requests approval for warrants for Haibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, chief ...