On the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts
B-10-2026-0255
on behalf of the PPE Group · Rapporteur: Sebastião Bugalho, Danuše Nerudová, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Željana Zovko, Tomas Tobé, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Sandra Kalniete, Loucas Fourlas, Andrey Kovatchev, Miriam Lexmann, Tomáš Zdechovský, Davor Ivo Stier, Wouter Beke, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Łukasz Kohut, Jan Farský, Vangelis Meimarakis, Inese Vaidere, Loránt Vincze
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This resolution strongly condemns the Taliban's Criminal Procedure Code for Courts, adopted on 4 January 2026, and calls for its immediate revocation.¶ It declares that Taliban edicts constitute slavery and gender apartheid, and calls for an end to public floggings, corporal punishment and executions.¶ It calls on the EU and Member States to maintain non-recognition of the Taliban, extend sanctions, support ICC arrest warrants, and increase support for Afghan women.¶¶¶
Key points
- Strongly condemns the Taliban's Criminal Procedure Code for Courts and calls for its immediate revocation and cessation of implementation.¶
- Declares that the cumulative effect of Taliban edicts constitutes slavery and gender apartheid, and calls for an end to public floggings, corporal punishment and executions.¶
- Calls on the Council and Commission to adopt this characterisation in diplomatic engagement and support its codification as a crime against humanity in the proposed Crimes Against Humanity Treaty.¶
- Calls on the EU and Member States to maintain non-recognition and non-normalisation of the Taliban, making engagement conditional on progress on women's and girls' rights.¶
- Reiterates full support for ICC arrest warrants against Taliban leaders and urges Member States to cooperate in their enforcement.
- Calls on the Council to extend the EU Magnitsky Act to Taliban leaders responsible for persecution, including travel bans and asset freezes.¶
- Calls on the Commission and VP/HR to expedite CEDAW proceedings initiated in September 2024 and report transparently to Parliament.¶
- Urges the EU and Member States to increase support for Afghan women human rights defenders, judges, lawyers, journalists, civil society activists and women-led organisations.¶
Who is affected
- Afghan women and girls, who face systematic persecution under Taliban edicts.¶
- Taliban regime, which is condemned and called upon to revoke the Code.¶
- EU institutions and Member States, called to maintain non-recognition and extend sanctions.¶¶
- Afghan women human rights defenders, judges, lawyers, journalists and activists, who would receive increased support.¶