The United Nations Human Rights Council censured the ongoing humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and the recent decisions of the IE against Afghan women and girls, and called for changes immediately.
The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights, Richard Bennett, presented his report to the UNHRC meeting.
As a part of his report, Bennett decried the decisions regarding Afghan girls’ education and women’s work and asked the ruling authorities to reverse them as soon as possible.
Bennett added: “The recent decisions against Afghan girls and women are of deep concern. The decisions have also increased our concerns about the violation of human rights.”
In the United Nations Human Rights Council, the representatives of the European Union and the United States appealed for the restoring of right to education and work for Afghan women and girls and called the decision to ban girls’ education unfair.
The representative of the European Union in the United Nations Human Rights Council uttered: “We demand the right to work and education for women and girls in Afghanistan. We call on the current ruling authorities of Afghanistan to respect human rights and commit to the rights of people.”
Rina Amiri, the US Special Envoy for Afghan girls, women and human rights, said: “The US condemns the Taliban’s decisions against women in Afghanistan. We demand that everyone should be given their rights equally.”
The representatives of Pakistan, Japan and Qatar once again expressed concerns about the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and asked the international community that Afghans should not be forgotten in the current situation.
Pakistan has expressed deep concern about the decisions related to Afghan women’s employment and girls’ education, along with the release of Afghanistan’s frozen asset, and requested to withdraw them as soon as possible.
Pakistan’s representative in the United Nations Human Rights Council said: “We are deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. We requested that the voice should be raised about the release of the frozen capital of Afghanistan.”
Qatar’s representative in the United Nations Human Rights Council uttered: “Qatar is concerned about the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. The international community should continue to cooperate with Afghans. We are concerned about the decisions of the current ruling authorities of Afghanistan regarding girls’ education and women’s work in Afghanistan, and these decisions should be changed as soon as possible.”
In the 53rd meeting of the Human Rights Council, all the participants called on the IE to change its decisions regarding the ban on Afghan women’s work and girls’ education as soon as possible.
However, a number of others described the humanitarian situation as worrying and insisted on the international community’s humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
