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[Center for Human Rights Advocacy @c4hra]

On this International Women’s Day, we mark not only a global vision of gender equality and non-discrimination, but also the anniversary of the Center for Human Rights Advocacy (@c4hra)

As the situation in #Afghanistan worsens and around the globe, on this day we call upon the international community to join us in our commitment to ensure women are heard and remain at the centre of all efforts towards comprehensive, transformative justice and a world where they can enjoy their human rights.

#Rights #Justice #Action For ALL #Women & #Girls

[End Gender Apartheid @EGACampaign]

‼️Over the past three years, EGA and our partners have been relentlessly advocating for the inclusion of gender apartheid in the crimes against humanity treaty.

🎉Today, 7 states, including Afghanistan, Australia, Iceland, Mexico, Spain, Timor-Leste, and Uruguay have formally proposed the inclusion of gender apartheid in the crimes against humanity treaty.

[UN Women @UN_Women]

Laws should protect—not prohibit—women's rights.

@UN_Women is profoundly concerned by a new decree in #Afghanistan that could further undermine women’s rights and protections.

See our statement: https://t.co/X3A3H80Wfb

#ForAllWomenAndGirls

[Center for Human Rights Advocacy @c4hra]

Read the voices of victims & survivors in our brief, discover ways to support their ability to shape the Crimes Against Humanity Convention & let us all continue to elevate their perspectives! Thank you to the @GlobalJusticeC for sharing it on the #CAHTreatyNow website! https://t.co/eJfED430EA

[UN Treaty Bodies @UNTreatyBodies]

#Afghanistan: Silence is not consent to child marriage, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child #CRC condemns, deploring new decree legitimising child marriage & treating a girl’s silence as consent, calling it grave & fundamental violation of their rights
https://t.co/wM0C2GO2Y0

[Center for Human Rights Advocacy @c4hra]

OHCHR | Call for input: The impacts of Taliban rule on human rights in Afghanistan, especially on the rights of children and youth https://t.co/RIKXEivfK3

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

Afghanistan: @UN_Women raises alarm over the latest Taliban decree which further erodes Afghan women and girls of their rights.

https://t.co/n68e7oq6gA

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

Today is #worldpressfreedomday A free and active media and freedoms of expression and information are key for a peaceful and prosperous society.

Find below my statement in Dari, Pashto and Uzbeki.

https://t.co/JV01prgJCj

https://t.co/PyQsIvcwMF

https://t.co/cVtXLS1w7a

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, I call on the Taliban to immediately release all detained journalists & ensure that media workers can exercise their right to freedom of expression and carry out their work without fear of reprisal, harassment, or arrest👇
https://t.co/G1t4rvF3h3

[Center for Human Rights Advocacy @c4hra]

⚖️ As the April 30th deadline for States to submit proposals for amendments to the Draft articles on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity approaches, we hope our new brief, grounded in the perspectives of victims and survivors, inspires all actors to work together to ensure they remain at the centre of each stage ahead. 📄 Read “𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺- 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” here: https://t.co/iBZURDAZwV

#CrimesAgainstHumanity #VictimsRights #SurvivorCentered #InternationalLaw

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

UN experts analysis of Decree 12 “criminal rules of courts” conclude they alarmingly escalate the systematic dismantling of human rights protections in #Afghanistan & must be rescinded. Analysis & questions in letter to Taliban👇
https://t.co/TFcC8Lm2j7
https://t.co/6yCra3ZRmN

[UNSR on freedom of religion or belief @NazilaGhanea]

I joined other UN experts in this communication, https://t.co/zlNcNF5eIN now public, re. Decree No.12/criminal rules of courts #Afghanistan

[HRD+ @HRDPlusNetwork]

Join us for an important discussion with @SR_Afghanistan, @bn_yaqoobi, @ManiSibylle, @AnoshSha , and @NazifaJalali2 on the challenges, opportunities, and concerns of civil society participation in international mechanisms on Afghanistan.

🗓 Thursday, April 16, 2026

⏰ 18:00 CET | 12:00 PM Canada | 20:30 Afghanistan Time

https://t.co/xl8JtCeq7b

[Center for Human Rights Advocacy @c4hra]

CEDAW-based legal review - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Legal Review of Measures Introduced by Afghanistan's de facto Authorities that Impact Women and Girls https://t.co/WIF9veDMHo

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

On #WorldHealthDay Afghan women and girls continue to face severe barriers to healthcare. Restrictions on movement, education & women health workers are undermining the health system and leading to preventable suffering and loss of life. My report here:
https://t.co/uCCGsIP1xk

[Center for Human Rights Advocacy @c4hra]

Report – Afghanistan’s human rights situation “continues to deteriorate dramatically” https://t.co/g6hDekV2rX

[IBA's Human Rights Institute @IBAHRI]

IBAHRI & partners express deep alarm at the accelerating deterioration of #HumanRights in #Afghanistan. In Jan 2026, the Taliban issued the ‘Criminal Procedure Code for Courts’, representing a dangerous escalation in the #legal entrenchment of repression: https://t.co/yke25RtwXv

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

See statement below: Taliban’s increasing use of judicially-sanctioned corporal punishment violates international human rights law. In 2025 more men&women were publicly flogged than in all previous years combined since Taliban retook power in 2021, and it continues. #Afganistan