Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi joins call for definition of crimes against humanity to include gender apartheid
The new Nobel peace prize winner, the jailed Iranian human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi, has joined a call by female activists and legal scholars for the UN to broaden the planned definition of crimes against humanity to codify gender apartheid.
The UN is scheduled to debate a draft treaty on crimes against humanity next week and she is joining a call for an “accountability vacuum” to be tackled by including gender apartheid in the document.
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