UN Rapporteur: Taliban crackdown has made girls more eager to get an education

Elaha Tue Nov 2026 8 hours ago 36

Speaking at a meeting at the University of Ottawa in Canada on Monday, 18 Aqrab, Bennett said force, threats and violence cannot suppress people’s resistance forever. He stressed that continued repression would not keep the Taliban in power indefinitely either, but would instead increase discontent and opposition.


The UN special rapporteur called on Canada to continue pursuing legal proceedings related to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and to work toward recognition of “gender apartheid.” He said the term could serve as a tool for mobilizing public opinion and holding those responsible for discrimination accountable. Australia, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands had previously also announced the possibility of referring the case to the International Court of Justice over the Taliban’s violations of women’s rights.


Bennett also said that, alongside imposing restrictions, the Taliban are trying to change public opinion, using ideological education in public schools and religious schools, as well as media control, to advance this goal. He welcomed the International Criminal Court’s actions against Taliban officials, including the issuance of arrest warrants for four leaders of the group, and described the denial of education to women and girls as a crime against humanity.


In closing, he identified climate change, water management, environmental pollution from toxic substances left over from the war, and restrictions on civil society and media activities as issues requiring further research in Afghanistan. He said his next report would focus on the situation of religious and linguistic minorities.



Richard Bennett, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, says the Taliban’s ban on education has increased girls’ enthusiasm for learning, to the point that their interest in education is now even greater than it was under the republic.

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