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Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts

Adopted by an overwhelming majority

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

For
480
Against
5
Abstained
83

roll-call vote at 13:36 · 85% of votes cast in favour

Motion for a resolution · Motion B-10-2026-0247

AI:What this decision does

The resolution condemns the Taliban's systemic discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan, calling it gender apartheid that may amount to crimes against humanity.§1: source passage in the text It denounces the Taliban's adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts and urges its immediate revocation and cessation of implementation.§1: source passage in the text Parliament adopted the text as its official position, urging the EU and member states to support accountability efforts, including ICC investigations and sanctions.§1: source passage in the text It also calls for discarding plans to invite Taliban representatives to Brussels and for expediting humanitarian visas while refraining from deportations of Afghan asylum seekers.§1: source passage in the text

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How the groups voted

For: The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR; Abstained: Patriots, ESN

  • The Left For 37 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 45
  • Greens For 43 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 54
  • S&D For 106 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 136
  • Renew For 65 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 77
  • EPP For 136 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 186
  • ECR For 62 for, 2 against, 3 abstainedof 81
  • Patriots Abstained 21 for, 1 against, 48 abstainedof 86
  • ESN Abstained 1 for, 1 against, 22 abstainedof 27
  • No group not a group 9 for, 1 against, 10 abstainedof 30

Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs

A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.

Did not vote with their group

29 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).

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How it got here

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 6 amendments (2 adopted, 4 rejected) and 2 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 1 rejected). 8 alternative motions lapsed once the text was adopted.

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