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A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec 22, 2022. [AP Photo]
The United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education said Tuesday that the International Criminal Court should investigate and pursue charges against the Taliban for their denial of basic rights to Afghan women and girls.
"The legal opinion we have received shows that the denial of education to Afghan girls and employment to Afghan women is gender discrimination, which should count as a crime against humanity, and it should be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court," Special Envoy Gordon Brown told reporters in a video briefing.
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