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- Jul 8, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Taliban Leaders Over Gender Persecution
- ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II issued arrest warrants on 8 July 2025 for Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani[1]
- The chamber found reasonable grounds that they ordered, induced or solicited persecution under article 7(1)(h) of the Rome Statute on gender grounds against girls, women and gender non-conforming people, and on political grounds against perceived "allies of girls and women"[1]
- The crimes are alleged from the Taliban takeover on 15 August 2021 until at least 20 January 2025[1]
- The chamber said the Taliban used decrees and edicts to deprive women and girls of education, privacy, family life and freedom of movement, expression and religion[1]
- Prosecutor Karim Khan had applied for the warrants on 23 January 2025[5]
- UN human rights experts welcomed the warrants and urged ICC member states to help arrest the two men[4]
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- [1]90%icc-cpi.int/news/situation-afghanistan-icc-pre-trial-chamber-ii-issues-arrest-warrants-haibatullah-akhundzadaicc-cpi.int· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Jul 8, 2025 ✓· 41% of score
ICC press release: "Today, 8 July 2025, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court ... has issued ... warrants of arrest for Mr Haibatullah Akhundzada ... and Mr Abdul Hakim Haqqani".
- [2]70%International Criminal Court investigation in Afghanistanen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 25, 2026· 41% of score
Background to the Afghanistan situation; the warrants were issued on 8 July 2025 under article 7(1)(h) of the Rome Statute.[1]
- [3]75%ICC Issues Arrest Warrants Against Taliban Leaders Over Gender Persecutionreligionunplugged.com· Published Jul 15, 2025· 8% of score
Analysis confirming that on 8 July 2025 Pre-Trial Chamber II issued the two warrants for persecution on gender and political grounds.[1]
- [4]75%Afghanistan: UN experts welcome arrest warrants for senior Taliban leadersglobalsecurity.org· Published Jul 11, 2025· 7% of score
OHCHR release (mirrored): UN special rapporteurs, the CEDAW chair and others welcomed the warrants and reminded Rome Statute states of their duty to help arrest the two men.[1]
- [5]85%Afghanistan: ICC seeks arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over gender-based persecutionnews.un.org· Published Jan 23, 2025· 4% of score
ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied on 23 January 2025 for warrants for Akhundzada and Haqqani, citing the Taliban's bars on women's work, public spaces and education beyond age 12.[1]
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