The Fight Against Gender Crimes

The Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic regime in Iran have introduced laws and practices depriving women of fundamental rights, which many say amounts to “gender apartheid”. Some countries, notably in Africa and the Middle East, criminalize LGBTQ+ people [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and more] and those who support them. While gender apartheid is not yet recognized as a crime in international law, gender persecution is recognized, but has rarely been prosecuted. In this special focus, Justice Info looks at gender-based crimes and at the ongoing push to put them in the spotlight of international justice.

Gender apartheid at the forefront of international justice

Gender apartheid is a new frontline of international justice, as Justice Info recently highlighted. The guest in this new episode of our Asymmetrical Haircuts partners, Karima Bennoune, is currently campaigning for this alleged crime committed in Afghanistan to be recognised as a crime against humanity by the United Nations General Assembly, and explains to us […]

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