Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists say undermines women’s rights.

Iraq's parliament has passed a controversial set of amendments to its civil status law, effectively legalising child marriage for girls as young as nine. The new legislation allows unregistered ...

Some Shiite authorities in Iraq allow marriage for girls as young as nine, a practice that the amendments could potentially endorse. While the current law sets the legal marriage age at 18 ...

AP FILE - Protesters gather to demonstrate against a proposed law to permit underage female marriage in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File) Iraq's parliament ...

The amendments to the country's legislation are a long-standing demand of Shiite blocs and could legalize child marriage Iraq's parliament approved three controversial acts on Tuesday, including ...

The Iraqi parliament has passed an amendment to the personal status law that activists claim would legalise child marriage. The amendments give Islamic courts and religious authorities increased ...

Protesters in Baghdad's Tahrir Square demonstrating against a proposed law that critics said would legalize child marriage in Iraq on August 8, 2024. Protesters in Baghdad's Tahrir Square ...

IRAQ has effectively legalised child marriage, with girls as young as nine being able to marry after amendments to decades old laws. The change on Tuesday has increased the interpretation of ...

Iraq's parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country's personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments give ...