Afghanistan: "Huge step in the wrong direction" (Navi Pillay)

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United Nations, 2 April 2009 - Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary General. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay today urged the Afghan Government to rescind a new law, reportedly signed by President Hamid Karzai earlier this month, that she said would seriously undermine womens rights in Afghanistan and contravene the Afghanistan constitution as well as universal human rights standards.

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