Afghanistan’s UN Representative tweets concern over lack of legal protection for citizens’ rights

The Acting Representative of Afghanistan at the United Nations stated on World Human Rights Day that there is no legal protection and safeguard for citizens’ rights to life, freedom, personal security, and privacy.

Naseer Ahmad Faiq mentioned that for the past two years, women and girls have been deprived of their right to education and the right to work.

On Sunday, in a message commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, he wrote on his X account that the Taliban has explicitly violated the fundamental rights and freedoms of the people, including civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, especially those of women and girls.

In a separate message, the United Nations Political Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called on the Taliban to embrace human rights obligations as the cornerstone of a peaceful and stable future and to support these rights.

UNAMA stated, “Despite security improvements since August 2021, the human rights situation in Afghanistan remains grave.”

The UN Special Envoy highlighted “systematic discrimination against women” and documented rights violations against women, adding that advocates for human rights, especially women and girls, face threats and arrests.