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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2024/2803(RSP))

On the deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”

B-10-2024-0024

on behalf of The Left Group · Rapporteur: Isabel Serra Sánchez

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This resolution condemns gender apartheid in Afghanistan and urges the Taliban to restore women's full participation in public life, end arbitrary arrests, and stop targeting activists and minorities. It calls on EU member states to create safe legal pathways for Afghans, support the Temporary Protection Directive, and grant protection to women and girls facing gender-based persecution. It also urges the EU to support Afghan women's rights groups, back the ICC investigation, and recognize gender apartheid as a crime under international law.

Key points

  1. Condemns the Taliban's gender apartheid policy and urges immediate restoration of women's and girls' full participation in public life, including education, healthcare, and work.
  2. Calls on the de facto authorities to stop arbitrary arrest, detention, enforced disappearances, and torture of women and girls exercising their rights.
  3. Denounces targeting of human rights defenders, journalists, civil society actors, LGBTIQ+ people, and minorities, and repression of peaceful protest.
  4. Criticizes weak international condemnation and the exclusion of Afghan women from UN meetings with the Taliban.
  5. Condemns pushbacks at EU borders and calls on member states to establish safe legal pathways, increase resettlement quotas, humanitarian visas, and ease family reunification.
  6. Urges member states to apply the Temporary Protection Directive for Afghans and grant international protection to women and girls on grounds of gender-based persecution.
  7. Urges the EU to increase support for Afghan groups defending women's and girls' rights.
  8. Condemns the legacy of international intervention and illegal occupations, including by NATO, and supports the ICC investigation into international crimes in Afghanistan.
  9. Calls on the ICC to prioritize justice for victims and on the EU and member states to support the investigation with necessary resources.
  10. Calls on the EU and member states to recognize gender apartheid as a crime under international law to hold Afghanistan accountable.

Who is affected

  • Women and girls in Afghanistan, who face restrictions on dress, movement, and public participation.
  • Human rights defenders, journalists, LGBTIQ+ people, and religious minorities in Afghanistan, targeted by the Taliban.
  • Afghans seeking protection in the EU, who face pushbacks and need safe legal pathways.
  • EU member states, called on to provide safe pathways and apply the Temporary Protection Directive.
  • The International Criminal Court, urged to prioritize the Afghanistan investigation.