The ICC is Pursuing Charges of Gender Persecution Against the Taliban leadership. Will it Succeed? Really!

Good news? Call me skeptical! If it succeeds, will it be exploited for other (e.g. ideological) purposes?

Is this not a matter that the people, in particular the women, of Afghanistan have to primarily resolve themselves without much external interference?

If Afghan women do not like to be subjugated etc. they may opt to emigrate! The more women emigrate for this reason, perhaps the better!

"A decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to pursue arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders could reshape how the world responds to authoritarian regimes that systematically strip women and girls of basic human rights.

In January, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced that his office is seeking arrest warrants for two Taliban officials on charges of crimes against humanity for gender-based persecution—marking the first time this charge is being tested in the court’s history and the first serious legal effort to hold perpetrators accountable. ..."

"... After a thorough investigation and on the basis of evidence collected, my Office submits that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah AKHUNDZADA, and the Chief Justice of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan”, Abdul Hakim HAQQANI, bear criminal responsibility for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds, under article 7(1)(h) of the Rome Statute. ..."

The ICC is Pursuing Charges of Gender Persecution Against the Taliban. Will it Succeed? "For the first time in its history, the ICC is testing gender persecution as a crime against humanity—targeting the Taliban's brutal treatment of women and girls"

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in Afghanistan