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Iva Vukušić

@vukusiciva.bsky.social

This is a big deal: "crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds" #CrimesAgainstHumanity #GenderPersecution

Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · Jan 23

#ArrestWarrants are flying out of #TheHague. Too bad no one is getting arrested and transferred these days, and when they do, Italy makes sure they're released. States, step up with the arrests, don't be like #Italy. #ICC #Afghanistan www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...

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

Today, I can announce that my Office has filed two applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in Afghanistan. These filings ha...

www.icc-cpi.int

January 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Asymmetrical Haircuts

@asymmetricalh.bsky.social

With former #ICC investigator Marta Valiña, we looked at the ICC’s #AlHassan case, the first attempt to prosecute #genderpersecution. Why didn’t the charges stick? And what does it reveal about the #challenges of investigating #SGBV?

Don’t miss it! 👇
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

April 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM

Femena

@femenanet.bsky.social

Contact your MEP and migration minister. Demand non-recognition. Demand non-normalisation. Halt deportations.

#AfghanWomen #Taliban #EU #GenderPersecution #Afghanistan #Femena #HaltDeportations #WomensRights #Herat

June 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM

Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice

@4genderjustice.org

Justice for #genderpersecution isn’t just about prosecutions—it’s about dismantling the systems that enable it.

It goes beyond sexual violence, impacting economic, political & social rights, and must be intersectional & survivor-led.

Read the full CSO report: https://buff.ly/40FfgH2

January 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM

Refugee Law Initiative

@rli-sas.bsky.social

New on the #RLI blog: 'From Refugee Recognition to Accountability: Can the ECJ’s Landmark Ruling Shape the ICC’s Approach to Gender Persecution in Afghanistan?; written by Ghazal Andalib, University of Western Ontario.

rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/03/21/f...

#Refugees #GenderPersecution #Afghanistan

March 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM

Tao Neuendorffer

@taonf.bsky.social

#EndGenderApartheid #apartheid #GenderApartheid #framing #InternationalLaw #HumanRights #GenderPersecution

The prominent #EndGenderApartheid campaign was launched in 2023, calling for the global recognition of the crime of gender apartheid. A key component of the campaign's strategy is to mobilize a global mass movement akin to that against racial apartheid in South Africa. The implicit assumption is that the language of gender apartheid evokes a stronger response among the public than alternatives such as the language of gender persecution. We tested the effectiveness of this rhetorical frame in a survey experiment on 1,200 members of the United States public and 100 US elites, finding null effects. However, informing respondents that the systematic oppression of women violates international law significantly increased their support for policy action. Legal codification may thus have a stronger impact on public opinion than subtle rhetorical framing related to the severity and scope of human rights abuses. We also uncovered evidence of a spillover effect between distinct human rights issues, where more pro-Israeli individuals were less responsive to the gender apartheid frame than pro-Palestinian respondents, likely because Israel has been accused of apartheid. Overall, our study contributes to broader academic debates about the impact of language, the efficacy of international law, and the possibility of backlash effects in response to human rights shaming.

July 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM

Femena

@femenanet.bsky.social

We urge EU leaders to uphold international law, protect Afghan asylum seekers, and center the rights and safety of those most affected by the Taliban’s abuses.
Read the joint letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1Dpbn...
#Afghanistan #GenderPersecution #HumanRights #StandWithAfghanWomen #RefugeeRights

Joint Civil Society Letter to the EU.pdf

drive.google.com

June 16, 2026 at 3:43 PM

Lisa Davis, ICC Special Adviser

@lisadavisnyc.bsky.social

UN human rights experts welcome the request by the #ICCProsecutor to issue arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders for the crime against humanity of #GenderPersecution in #Afghanistan

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Afghanistan: UN experts welcome ICC Prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants for senior Taliban officials

GENEVA – Human rights experts* today welcomed the request by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abd...

www.ohchr.org

January 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Margaret Satterthwaite (she/her)

@unsr-judges.bsky.social

Joint statement from UN HR experts welcoming ICC Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders. The policies of #genderpersecution being enforced in #Afghanistan are not only unacceptable they may constitute international crimes. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...