Since August 2021, the de facto Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have introduced and
implemented over 100 edicts depriving women and girls of their fundamental human rights. Adherence to these laws is violently enforced against women, girls, and anyone who they perceive to transgress gender norms, including LGBTQI+ individuals, and constitutes crimes against humanity, including gender persecution and gender apartheid.

This panel will examine the current humanitarian and human rights crisis in Afghanistan resulting in systematic erasure of these groups from public life. It will consider strategies that the international community must take as a matter of urgency for ensuring accountability for these crimes.