with the return of the Taliban to power, that of sharia

The Taliban’s law is sharia and nothing else. For twenty years, these men fought the Americans and their allies with one goal: to restore Islamic law in Afghanistan. It was established in the 1990s, before the Islamists were ousted from power. Today, the defendants are heard by religious judges from Koranic schools. The legal texts are found in the sacred writings of the Koran.

Three public executions recorded in 2023

Men accused of murders hanged from cranes in centralHerat, in September 2021, after the Taliban returned to power. Last year, an order from the Taliban’s Supreme Leader called for more corporal punishment. Since this decree, the Afghan organization witness recorded three public executions and 70 corporal punishments, mainly for moral violations. So far, no stonings or amputations have been documented, but this Taliban justice terrifies Afghan women.

Widely criticized by the international community, Taliban justice has imposed itself in Afghanistan. If Islamic justice is accepted, the Taliban regime is far from unanimous.

Among our sources

Amnesty International reports:

Amnesty International is an international association which aims “fight human rights abuses around the world; ensure that torturers are brought to justice, that oppressive laws are changed, and that people imprisoned solely for expressing their opinion are freed”

Death in slow motion: Women and girls under Taliban rule

The Taliban’s war against women in Afghanistan

Halt mass detentions and deportations of Afghan refugees

-Report by Richard Bennett, (in English). Richard Bennett is United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan

-Adam Baczko. He conducts research on the formation of legal institutions by armed movements and international operators in contexts of armed conflict, with particular attention to Afghanistan and Syria. His thesis, conducted at the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences and entitled War through law: justice, domination and violence in Afghanistan (2001-2018)looks at the courts set up by the Taliban movement in the context of Western intervention in Afghanistan since 2001.Contact: [email protected]

-Afgan Witness reports:

Afghan Witness is an association “aiming to collect, preserve and independently verify information on human rights, security and the political situation in Afghanistan.”

One year of sharia punishment

Two years of Taliban rule: documenting human rights abuses using open source

Non-exhaustive list

Non-exhaustive list