Jan 23, 2025 · On Thursday, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for two senior Taliban officials: Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani. They are accused of crimes against humanity on the grounds of gender-based persecution under the Rome Statute of the court, which sets out the duty of every State signatory to exercise its criminal ...

Jan 23, 2025 · The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for alleged gender-based crimes, as the group continues to crack down on women’s rights in Afghanistan.

Jan 23, 2025 · The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada ...

Jan 23, 2025 · ICC judges will now decide whether to issue the warrants. The Taliban said it strongly condemned the accusations as "baseless" and politically motivated, accusing the court of "double standards".

6 days ago · The Netherlands-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday announced that it is seeking arrests of two Taliban leaders for their role in gender-based crimes.

Jan 23, 2025 · The ICC prosecutor announced that there were reasonable grounds to believe that Akhundzada and Haqqani persecuted Afghan women and girls, and their allies, as well as people whom the “Taliban ...

23 January 2025 — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken an historic step towards addressing the “unacceptable” systemic repression of Afghan women, girls and LGBTQI+ individuals ...

6 days ago · ICC seeks arrest warrants for top Taliban leaders in Afghanistan The Taliban takeover has almost ended years of war-related hostilities in the impoverished South Asian nation, leaving millions of ...

On 23 January 2025, ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC announced that his Office filed two applications for warrants of arrest for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds, under article 7(1)(h) of the Rome Statute, against the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah AKHUNDZADA, and the Chief Justice of the “Islamic ...

Jan 23, 2025 · The ICC chief prosecutor has requested arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, including Haibatullah Akhundzada, alleging crimes against humanity for widespread discrimination ...