GENEVA (21 December 2022) — _UN experts* today condemned in the strongest terms the latest decision of the Taliban that excludes women and girls from universities, a further violation of their human rights and the application of multiple irrational restrictions that may amount to gender persecution, a crime against humanity. \_Their statement is as follows:\ “Yesterday’s announcement of cabinet decision number 28 to immediately suspend until further notice women and girls from universities across the country is a flagrant violation of their human rights enshrined in multiple international treaties, to…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 21 December 2022. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
