Thought: Human rights in Afghanistan should be documented through independent work

Elaha Mon Oct 2026 44 minutes ago 3

Andishah emphasized on Monday, October 5, that countries that have refrained from recognizing the Taliban are aware of the current situation, and even the only country that has recognized the Taliban knows this reality.


He added that governments that are compelled to engage with the Taliban for security reasons or to repatriate refugees are also informed about conditions in Afghanistan. According to him, the collapse of the justice and judicial system and structural oppression of minorities require immediate investigation.


Afghanistan's representative also called on Human Rights Council members to establish an independent mechanism for recording, collecting, and preserving evidence of human rights violations and crimes in Afghanistan. He called for the continuation of Richard Bennett's mandate as the UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan and urged the High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a comprehensive report on the situation and the "collapse" of Afghanistan's justice and judicial system. He also requested a special study on structural oppression against minorities, particularly the Hazara.


In another part of his remarks, Andishah referred to rulings by the Taliban's leadership, including "Decree No. 12," and said this decree has expanded the scope of the death penalty. He also criticized the restrictions imposed on women's rights and the criminalization of criticism of Taliban rule, describing the group's policies toward women as "systematic gender-based harassment and crimes against humanity." He stated that while part of the generation advocating for accountability has been silenced or forced to leave the country, women, journalists, and civil society activists continue to resist threats.


Following the speech by Afghanistan's permanent representative, a resolution on the human rights situation in the country and the extension of Richard Bennett's mandate for another term was adopted without a vote, by consensus of the Human Rights Council members. This document emphasizes continued international monitoring, documentation of human rights violations, and preservation of evidence, and in addition to the situation of women and girls and restrictions on civil liberties, it includes the implications of Taliban leadership rulings, the status of the justice and judicial system, the establishment of an independent evidence-collection mechanism, and an examination of structural oppression against minorities, particularly the Hazara community.



Nasir Ahmad Andishah, Afghanistan's representative in Geneva, called for strengthened international oversight of the situation in Afghanistan during the sixty-third session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. He stated that after five years of Taliban rule, there is no longer any ambiguity about the nature of this group, and he described the current situation as the result of an institutionalized system of discrimination, segregation, and domination that, according to him, should shake the conscience of humanity.

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