Geneva: The head of the UN rights voiced great concern on Tuesday in the situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban swept power, saying their treatment of women would mark the “fundamental red line”.
Speaking at the opening of an emergency session in Afghanistan, Michelle Bachelet urged the Taliban to respect the commitment to respect the rights of women and girls, and ethnic and religious minorities, and refrain from retaliation.
“Onus is now fully in the Taliban to translate this commitment into reality,” he said.
High Commissioners for human rights emphasize that indulge in violations of rights will “undermine the legitimacy of the perpetrators, both vis-a-vis people, and also in connection with regional and international institutions and other countries.” “The fundamental red line will be a Taliban treatment of women and girls,” he said, urging “respecting their rights to freedom, freedom of movement, education, self-expression and work.” Militants have repeatedly promised different types of governments with their brutal regime in the 1990s who saw women limited to their homes, most of the entertainment was prohibited, and Pooning and public execution were used as a punishment.
But their rebranding was treated with skeptics, and the big crowd continued to produce outside Kabul Airport with desperately looking for evacuation, afraid to face life under the Taliban.
Even before the Taliban takeover, the United Nations said Afghanistan saw a sharp increase in civilian casualties in recent months.
Bachelet said his office had received credible reports on serious violations in places under the control of Taliban, including summary execution, restrictions on women’s rights, blocking the girls who attend school and recruitment of children’s army.
Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Afghan Ambassador for the United Nations in Geneva, who was appointed under the government of former President Ashraf Ghraf Ghani who fainted and who continued to represent his country, clarifying that he wanted to see strong actions.
He urged board members to give “a strong message to all parties including the Taliban who harassed and violations of human rights …
will have consequences.” Rights groups have called for the Board to form an international fact search mission to assess the situation in the field and strive to document violations, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, with a view to ensure accountability.
But the draft resolution presented on Monday to the Board only recommends that Bachelet presents a report on the situation of rights in Afghanistan during the main annual council session, drawing criticism.
A number of countries, the opposite will encourage the settlement to go further to be arrested for fear that a stronger response can anger the Taliban and endanger access to the evacuation of the country, according to several diplomatic sources.