The urgent call by the ten Special Rapporteurs and members of the Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls came in response to a declaration by the Taliban-appointed Supreme Court in favor of punishment, including punishment. stoning, flogging and walling people up,
women most vulnerable
The de facto deputy head of the court announced on 4 May that he had sentenced 175 persons to “merciful retribution”, and 37 to stoning. The press statement said that dozens of others had been condemned to “crimes against God”, as punishment for flogging.
Experts, including special correspondent on Afghanistan Richard Bennett, said that “women are more likely to be sentenced to death by stoning, due to deep-rooted discrimination and stereotypes against them … held exclusively by the male judiciary”. “.
cruel, inhuman, degrading
Said stoning or being buried alive under a wall, torture, or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. “These brutal punishments are contrary to international law.”
According to a recent report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country, Unama274 men, 58 women and two boys have been publicly flogged and only one judicially sanctioned execution has taken place within the past six months.
Both International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights And this pact against tyranny and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, to which Afghanistan is a State party, prohibits torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment.
discrimination illegal
Afghanistan is also a State Party to the Convention. Elimination of all forms of discrimination against womenwhich outlines discrimination against women as well as “prejudices and customary and all other practices based on the idea of inferiority or superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women.”
experts expressed Serious concerns about the fairness of the tests Prior to corporal punishment and the death penalty.
“We urge the genuine authorities set up a moratorium immediately The experts called for the death penalty and all forms of corporal punishment “including flogging and dismemberment,” each of which is torture or another form of cruel and inhumane punishment.
special envoys and other UN rights expert appointed by human rights councilwork on a voluntary and unpaid basis, are not employees of the United Nations, and operate independently of any government or organization.
