In response to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) issuance of arrest warrants for Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and the group’s chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Amnesty International has called on the international community to recognize gender apartheid as a crime under international law.
On Tuesday, July 16, Amnesty International posted on its X page urging the formal recognition of gender apartheid to strengthen global efforts to combat regimes founded on systemic oppression and domination based on gender.
This comes as the ICC issued arrest warrants for Hibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani for allegedly committing crimes against humanity in Afghanistan.
In a statement, the ICC announced that the warrants were issued as part of its ongoing investigation into the situation in Afghanistan.
According to the court, its Pre-Trial Chamber II found reasonable grounds to believe that the two committed the crime against humanity of persecution under the Rome Statute.
