Overview

• UN experts documented a surge in public executions, torture, arbitrary detentions and suppression of minorities under Taliban governance.
• They stated that the systematic denial of education, employment and public life for women and girls amounts to persecution as a crime against humanity.
• Experts welcomed ICC arrest warrants for two senior Taliban figures as a vital advancement in international accountability.
• They urged states to adopt an "all-tools" approach, including a dedicated, full-mandate investigative mechanism to systematically collect evidence of abuses.
• Experts warned that deteriorating humanitarian conditions and divided global stances on engagement risk normalizing the de facto authorities.