UN Rapporteur Urges Recognition of Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, speaks during a press conference in Kabul on May 26, 2022. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)

UN special rapporteur Richard Bennett called for global backing to recognize gender apartheid in Afghanistan as a crime under international law.

Richard Bennett, the UN Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur for Afghanistan, on Wednesday urged the international community to support formal recognition of gender apartheid in the country.