PTWA Summary of Judgment
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“Women are either for the home or the grave.” As an Afghan woman testified before the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan (PTWA), its panel of eight judges[1] presided by Rashida Manjoo, and the many observers in attendance somberly listened. Another survivor...
JUDGEMENT: People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan
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Introduction General Framework The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) is an international organisation competent to rule on any serious crime committed against people and minorities. A request was submitted by Rawadari, the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organisations (AHRDO), the Organisation for Policy...
Independent Tribunal to Deliver Historic Judgement on Gender Persecution of Afghan Women
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands – 11 December 2025 – An international panel of judges will present the verdict of the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan on 11 December 2025 at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, following three...
PTWA Preliminary Statement
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The public hearings of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) for the session of the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan were held in Madrid, at the ICAM, located at Calle de Serrano, 9, from October 8 to 10, 2025. The hearing followed...
Expert Opinion On Women In Islam
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Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Alhamdulillahilladzi khalaqana min nafsin wahidatin wa khalaqa minha zaujaha wa baststa minhuma rijalan katsiran wa nisa’a. Afdlatush Shalati wa atammut taslimi ‘ala sayyidil mursalinal mab’utsi rahmatan lir rijali wan nisa’ wa ala alihi wa ashabihi ahlis shidqi...
Indictment – People’s tribunal for women of afghanistan
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This indictment is respectfully submitted to the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) in response to the deliberate, systematic, and institutionalized campaign of gender-based persecution carried out by the Taliban de facto authorities against women and girls in Afghanistan since August 15, 2021. Drawing...
