The ICC Prosecutor’s Office will resume its investigation into Afghanistan after the rise of the Taliban

Oct. 31 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has authorized the Prosecutor’s Office of this court to resume the investigation into the possible abuses committed in Afghanistan, understanding that circumstances have changed in the Asian country since the Taliban seized power in August 2021.

The office headed by prosecutor Karim Khan requested permission from the ICC in September last year to resume its investigations, which had been shelved in 2020 at the request of the Ashraf Ghani government. The deposed Afghan authorities then claimed their own ability to purge responsibilities.

However, the court based in The Hague, which has tried in vain to communicate with the Taliban regime, has concluded that no investigations or advances are being carried out that justify the exemption agreed in 2020, for which it has authorized the Prosecutor’s Office to take up his own cause.

The Hague thus returns to the authorization issued in March 2020, when the office then headed by Fatou Bensouda received a first permit to formally examine whether war crimes had been committed during the war in Afghanistan, which then earned it harsh criticism. by the United States Government.

The Donald Trump Administration sanctioned the then-chief prosecutor of the ICC, a measure that was reversed in April 2021 by the Executive, which was already led by Democrat Joe Biden at the time.