Jurist UN report details systemic restriction of access to healthcare for Afghan women

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UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett on Friday released a report detailing systemic restriction of access to the healthcare system for Afghan women.

Bennet found that the Taliban imposed gender-oppressive policies, including limits on their rights to access education, work, and freedom of movement. The report alleges that this system amounts to crimes against humanity.

Speaking on the report, Bennett stated:

These policies are not isolated measures – they form an institutionalized system of gender discrimination that denies women and girls autonomy over their own bodies, health, and futures. They provide further evidence that the Taliban is committing crimes against humanity. Afghanistan’s health system was already fragile after decades of conflict, poverty, and underinvestment, as well as over-reliance on donor support. But the current crisis cannot be explained by those factors alone.

To prepare the report, the Special Rapporteur conducted focus group discussions and one-on-one interviews with 137 Afghans from 29 provinces. The report was also built using data from a late 2025 survey of 8,085 women in 33 provinces conducted by Bishnaw, an organization which survey’s Afghan women for their opinions.

Since the Taliban regained power in 2021, rights groups and international bodies have documented human rights violations against Afghan women. On December 11, 2025, the Permanent People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan in the Hague ruled that the Taliban had committed crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute for their treatment of women.

In January, the Taliban government effectively enacted a new penal code which allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children so long as it doesn’t cause broken bones or open wounds. A group of Afghan and International civil society organizations plan to present a joint statement on the amended penal code to the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

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