On Thursday 19 September, the European Parliament adopted, by 565 votes to 8 with 43 abstentions, a resolution recognising the deteriorating situation of Afghan women and girls following the adoption of the Taliban law on the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” (see EUROPE 13485/21).
This joint resolution was tabled by the EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew Europe, Greens/EFA and The Left groups.
In particular, it calls for gender apartheid to be recognised as a crime against humanity and for the Afghan authorities to be held accountable following an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the establishment of a UN Independent Investigative Mechanism.
MEPs also demand that the EU impose new sanctions against the Taliban and condemn governments that support the Taliban by normalising their relations.
To see the resolution: https://aeur.eu/f/dhu (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)