IAWJ’s statement about women judges in Afghanistan

The International Association of Women Judges drafted a statement about the dangerous situation being faced by women judges in Afghanistan. This is the leading edge of an attack on women in prominent roles, human rights and, ultimately, the integrity of courts and the rule of law and  an extreme form of gender-based hostility against women judges .

Moreover, threats to individual judges are not isolated issues and can be part of a broader offensive to undermine the independence of the judicial function more generally.

The IAJ expresses its solidarity to the families of those colleagues brutally assassinated, as well as to the judiciary of Afghanistan.

Hereinafter the link to the different versions:

– English

–Spanish

–French

–Dari

–Arabic