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Apr
Judge Them by Their Actions, Not Their Words: Legal and Political Recognition of Governments and the Prospective CEDAW Case Against Afghanistan Before the ICJ
[Lukas Willmer is a PhD candidate at Humboldt University Berlin, with a research focus on governmental status and recognition in international law] In September 2024, Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands announced their intention to initiate proceedings before the ICJ against Afghanistan for violations of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The four states...