Michael Hughes: Restrictions on gender expression are, sadly, a daily occurrence in most countries around the world, including the United States. President Donald Trump, in fact, in an executive order on his first day in office declared the U.S. government would only recognize the sex assigned to a person at birth. Tragically, this is where many Americans and the Taliban can find common ground.
Hence, I was disappointed with the over-emphasis of “gender” in the ICC’s impractical arrest warrants against Taliban leaders. I think alluding to gender in general as an area that needs improvement would have sufficed. But the term is mentioned seven times in the statement issued by ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, a British lawyer, who unveiled the warrants on January 23.