Expressing the sense of Congress that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law in Afghanistan violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed.
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Urges the government of Afghanistan and President Hamid Karzai to declare the provisions of the Shi'ite Personal Status Law on marital rape and restrictions on women's freedom of movement unconstitutional.
Encourages the Secretary of State, the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Ambassador-at-Large for International Women's Issues, and the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan to address the status of women's rights and security in Afghanistan to ensure that these rights are not being eroded.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 108: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law in Afghanistan violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-108/
"H. Con. Res. 108: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law in Afghanistan violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-108/.
H. Con. Res. 108, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-108/.
[H. Con. Res. 108: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law in Afghanistan violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-108/)