"I'm not that fragile willow trembling at the slightest breeze. I'm an Afghan woman, and it's only fair that I don't blink in my grief." Nadia Anjuman, Afghan woman poet killed in 2005

Roundtable “Afghan Women in Search of Stolen Justice: Anatomy of a Historical Judgement”

On December 11, 2025, the 55th Session of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Women of Afghanistan concluded in The Hague with the public reading of a historic judgment, whose public hearings were held in Madrid from October 8 to 10, 2025.

In this roundtable, co-chaired by one of the judges who adudicated in the Tribunal, one of the prosecutors of the PTWA, and a representative from Rawadari, one of the four Afghan civil society organizations promoting The People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan, we will delve into what the Tribunal is, why and how it was created as well as the implications of the judgment that reaffirms what Afghan women have been denouncing for more than four years: that the systematic erasure of women from public life under Taliban rule is not merely discrimination, but a crime under international law, and that the de facto authorities in Afghanistan are responsible for crimes against humanity, including gender persecution. This gives further moral and political weight to the lived reality of millions of Afghan women and girls who have been stripped of their rights to education, work, healthcare, freedom of movement, and public participation, and sends a clear message to the international community.

Following the roundtable on The People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan judgment, Afghan women’s leadership in the international fight to have gender apartheid recognized as a crime against humanity will be highlighted, combining legal action, political lobbying, and international mobilization. In this context, FIBGAR and People Help will present the Raise Against Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan (RAGAA) campaign. The term gender apartheid has been employed for decades to describe systematic gender-based oppression and domination, even under the first Taliban regime in Afghanistan in the 1990s, but has not been formally codified in international law.

To conclude, a networking space will be provided for speakers and attendees to exchange experiences, opinions, ideas, and collective actions for change.

17:30 Welcome words: 

José Pintor Aguilar, director general of Casa Asia

Javier Puig Saura, Ambassador-at-large for Afghanistan

17:35 Screening “The highlights video of the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan.”

17:50 Roundtable "The judgment of The People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan: What is it, what does it imply, what does it contribute?" (Roundtable in English without translation)

- Dr. Elisenda Calvet- Martinez, Judge of The People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan

- Dr. Orzala Nemat, Prosecutor of the PTWA

- Dr. Haroon Mutasem, Rawadari 

18:35 Q&A

19:05 The Afghan Women’s Struggle Against Gender Apartheid: Context, Global Actions and the RAGAA Campaign (In Spanish and Catalan) 

-Alessia Schiavon, Director of FIBGAR and Coordinator of RAGAA

- Farzana Tareq, estudiante de medicina, miembro de People Help

- Silvia Sala, RAGAA, vice president of People Help

19:20 Q&A

19.30- 20:00 h – Networking: connecting voices, ideas and actions 

Presented and moderated by Yasmin Paricio, Coordinator of Politics, Society and Education Department, Casa Asia

Organized by Casa Asia, Rawadari, FIBGAR and People Help, with the collaboration of the Diputación of Barcelona.