“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and should stop,” stated UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the loss of life penalty.
She referred to as on the de facto authorities to ascertain an “speedy moratorium” on executions.
Flogging and stoning
In a brand new report, UNAMA stated that it had documented “a variety of types of corporal punishment” carried out by the Taliban since their return to energy on 15 August 2021 after dislodging the democratically-elected Authorities, “together with lashings or floggings, stoning, forcing folks to face in chilly water, and compelled head shaving”. Within the final six months alone, 274 males, 58 girls and two boys have been publicly flogged.
Based on the report, the authorized system in Afghanistan is presently “failing to safeguard minimal honest trial and due course of ensures”.
UNAMA warned that the Taliban’s refusal to grant licences to girls defence attorneys and the exclusion of girls judges from the judicial system are impacting girls and women’ entry to justice.
Violating worldwide legislation
Corporal punishment has been outlined as “any punishment by which bodily drive is used and meant to trigger a point of ache or discomfort, nevertheless gentle”.
The prohibition of torture and merciless, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment is taken into account a elementary precept of worldwide legislation, the report reiterated.
Sentenced to ‘100 lashes’
Between 15 August 2021 and 12 November 2022 alone, UNAMA documented a minimum of 18 cases of judicial corporal punishment carried out by de facto provincial, district and appeals courts.
“Inside the 18 documented cases, 33 males and 22 girls had been punished, together with two women; the overwhelming majority of punishments, for each women and men, associated to adultery or ‘working away from house’ and all girls and women who had been punished had been reportedly convicted of such offences,” the report confirmed.
Typically, punishments consisted of 30 to 39 lashes for every convicted particular person. Nevertheless, “in some instances, folks obtained as many as 80 to 100 lashes”, based on the report.
