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President Karzai: Afghanistan to Amend Controversi

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
President Hamid Karzai told CNN that the government will amend the law which arguably legalizes marital rape in Shia families. Karzai said that he signed the law without being aware of all of its provisions, some of which he now realizes contravene the constitution and Shari’a law.

The President’s statements concur with what Said Jawad, Afghan Ambassador to the U.S., said earlier this month. Jawad told Bloomberg, “This is not the law yet, and it will not become the law, because it contradicts some important principles of the Afghan constitution.”

Compiled from: Afghanistan to change controversial 'rape' law, CNN, 16 April 2009; Afghan Government will Revise Controversial Law, Says Karzai, Feminist Daily News Wire, 17 April 2009; Afghanistan Won’t Legalize Forced Marital Sex, Ambassador Says, Bloomberg, 11 April 2009.

 

For More Information

For more information, please visit the Afghanistan Country Page, the Global Gender Issues section of this website, and What's New articles New Law in Afghanistan Draws International Criticism and Presidential Review for Potential Negative Impact on the Rights of Women (10 April 2009) and Afghan Women Protest against New Law as Violation of Women's Rights (17 April 2009).

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