WILPF contributed to this Joint Statement by the Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan.
Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, we, the undersigned organizations, remain alarmed that the international response to worsening Taliban human rights violations, especially against women and girls, is increasingly ineffective and sometimes even harmful.
The Taliban have imposed draconian policies and taken abusive actions that clearly violate Afghanistan’s obligations under international law, including international human rights law. These policies have had a particularly devastating impact on women and girls, LGBTQI+ people, human rights defenders, and religious and ethnic minorities.
The dire and worsening human rights crisis in Afghanistan is not just a problem for its population. As international human rights organizations, we see clearly in our work how the lack of a meaningful international response to Taliban abuses is undermining human rights globally. We urge you to act.