👉 Failure to uphold these principles risks further entrenching impunity, undermining the credibility of the European Union’s commitment to human rights and gender justice, and abandoning Afghanistan victims and survivors at a critical moment.
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#DeathPenalty: important new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, which concludes "the death penalty cannot be reconciled with the absolute prohibition of torture" & calls upon all retentionist States to move towards full #abolition
docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/62/37
For the first time in 4.5 years, we've had some good news: Khurram was granted bail by the Delhi High Court in one of the cases against him - although it doesnt mean hes free yet, this is a step in the right direction #FreeKhurramParvez scroll.in/latest/10934...
The Tiananmen Mothers were not previously blocked from cemetery visits on today's 4 June anniversary.
It is deeply troubling that the suppression of the Tiananmen commemoration appears to be escalating, reflecting the government’s deep seated insecurity about people’s demands for accountability.
5️⃣ : The EU must ensure that no individual associated with the Taliban authorities, or any individual against whom credible allegations of serious human rights violations have been made, is received, hosted, or engaged in any form of cooperation or consultation.
6️⃣ : Instead, the EU should engage in structured and meaningful consultation with Afghanistan civil society, victims, and women human rights defenders, to ensure that their perspectives directly inform EU policy decisions.
4️⃣ : The EU must publicly and unequivocally affirm that the rights of Afghanistan women and girls are non-negotiable, and cannot be compromised or used as bargaining chip in the context of diplomatic engagement or migration policy.
3️⃣ : The EU must recognise that the minimum conditions often cited by the EU for engagement — including respect for fundamental rights, particularly women’s rights — are not currently met, and that proceeding despite this would undermine the European Union’s human rights commitments.
2️⃣ : Any forced returns to Afghanistan would raise serious concerns under intl law, including the principle of non-refoulement. This concern is particularly acute for women & girls, whose lives, safety, and fundamental rights are at immediate and systemic risk under the Taliban.