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-10-2024-0047
on behalf of the S&D Group · Rapporteur: Yannis Maniatis, Francisco Assis, Alessandra Moretti, Evin Incir
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A resolution condemning the Taliban's morality laws in Afghanistan, which erase women from public life and restrict LGBTQI+ and minority rights.¶¶¶ It urges the de-facto authorities to reverse the laws, calls on the EU and member states to support international investigations, humanitarian aid, and visas for persecuted women.¶¶¶
Key points
- Condemns the Taliban's morality laws and the erasure of women from education, employment, and public life.¶¶
- Urges the de-facto authorities to reverse the laws and fulfil obligations under international conventions Afghanistan ratified.¶
- Stands in solidarity with Afghan women, girls, LGBTQI+ people, and minorities facing persecution.¶
- Calls for an end to arbitrary arrests and human rights violations, and for release of detainees.¶
- Urges the EU and member states to create an independent mechanism at the UN Human Rights Council to investigate violations.¶
- Calls on the EU to support the International Criminal Court investigation in Afghanistan.¶
- Calls on the EU to support a convention on crimes against humanity and consider gender apartheid as a crime.¶
- Calls for increased humanitarian aid, humanitarian visas for persecuted women, and support for civil society.¶