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The Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic regime in Iran have introduced laws and practices depriving women of fundamental rights, which many say amounts to \u201cgender apartheid\u201d. Some countries, notably in Africa and the Middle East, criminalize LGBTQ+ people [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and more] and those who support them. While gender apartheid is not yet recognized as a crime in international law, gender persecution is recognized, but has rarely been prosecuted. In this special focus, Justice Info looks at gender-based crimes and at the ongoing push to put them in the spotlight of international justice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic regime in Iran have introduced laws and practices depriving women of fundamental rights, which many say amounts to \u201cgender apartheid\u201d. Some countries, notably in Africa and the Middle East, criminalize LGBTQ+ people [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and more] and those who support them. While gender apartheid is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":135974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[],"ji_location":[2567],"class_list":["post-135981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","ji_location-international"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe fight against gender crimes - Special focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Afghanistan and Iran, women are deprived of their fundamental rights. 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