One international court proceeding to watch for this year is the promise of Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, and Canada to file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers over their increasingly repressive treatment of women. Using an overlooked provision in the international human rights treaty on women’s rights, the four States formally called on the country’s de facto authorities, the Taliban, to cease their violations of the treaty. The case has rightly been described as groundbreaking and is indeed a key reminder that legally the Taliban does not have a blank check when it comes to women’s rights.
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