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UN rights council slams Taliban's 'oppression' of women

The resolution passed without a vote and extends the special rapporteur’s mandate for another year as 37 European countries plus Canada and Chile sponsored it.

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The United Nations' 47-country rights body adopted the resolution without a vote. The council said human rights in Afghanistan were deteriorating and voiced serious concern about the "grave, worsening, widespread and systematic oppression of all women and girls in Afghanistan by the Taliban". The council "deplores the Taliban's institutionalisation of its system of discrimination, segregation, domination, disrespect for human dignity and exclusi…

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The United Nations Human Rights Council has approved a resolution to extend the mandate of Richard Bennett as Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan for another year. According to a statement by the UN Human Rights Council, the resolution was adopted today (Monday, October 3) without a vote. Mr. Bennett wrote in X that under the new resolution, he is […] The post United Nations Human Rights Council extends Richard Bennett’s mandate for another year a…

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The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) today urged the Taliban to put an end to practices that restrict the fundamental freedoms of women and girls, considering that institutionalized discrimination in Afghanistan must shock humanity.

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France24 broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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