Human rights Switzerland and almost 60 countries criticize Taliban's morality law

Almost 60 countries, including Switzerland, have issued a joint statement condemning the morality laws in Afghanistan. At the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, they denounced "the long list of oppression of women" imposed by the Taliban.

In the three years since the return of the Islamist militia to power, there have been more than 70 decisions and declarations against Afghan women, according to these countries. Now women can only express themselves in private and must be accompanied when they go out.

The almost 60 states denounced the denial of the human and fundamental rights of Afghan women. This attitude against women "will only worsen the humanitarian and human rights crisis" in Afghanistan, according to the declaration.

The signatory states called on the international community to consider "new steps adapted to the situation" to protect Afghan women, without giving further details. This support is "essential" to prevent the "systematic" elimination of these people from Afghan society, which would amount to persecution.

The United Nations (UN) and Switzerland have repeatedly condemned the morality law. 12 of the 15 members of the UN Security Council, including Switzerland, expressed their "concern" last Friday. On Monday, the Swiss ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Jürg Lauber, criticized the law in the Human Rights Council.

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