About Defendant
Supreme Leader of the Taliban
Arrest warrant issued on 9 September 2025 - unsealed on 5 October 2026
Accused LastName
Nadim
Accused FirstName
Neda Mohammad
Charges
Allegedly responsible for ordering, inducing or soliciting the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds against girls, women and other persons non-conforming with the Taliban’s policy on gender, gender identity or expression; and on political grounds against persons perceived as “allies of girls and women” (under article 7(1)(h) of the Rome Statute). The crimes were allegedly committed in connection with conducts of murder, imprisonment, torture, rape and enforced disappearance, on the territory of Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power on 15 August 2021, and have continued until at least 20 January 2025.
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Defendant site URL
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-pre-trial-chamber-ii-unseals-four-arrest-warrants-situation-afghanistan
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