Gender Apartheid should be a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

The International Law Commission, a UN expert body, has submitted draft articles for a treaty to the UN’s Sixth Committee. The intention is to give countries more legal tools to hold accountable those who commit crimes against humanity. It is expected that the treaty process will conclude in October 2024.

A group of female activists are lobbying the committee to consider including in the treaty a new definition aimed at protecting women against all forms of oppression. They are advocating for a definition of this discrimination as “gender apartheid”. The idea is that it would track the definition of racial apartheid by replacing the word “race” with “gender”.

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