Iraq’s Supreme Court suspends revised law lowering marriage age to 15
Amendments to Iraq's personal status law have been suspended by the country's Supreme Court, pausing plans to allow girls as young as 15 to marry. The bill, early drafts of which suggested reducing the marriage age to nine,
Iraq’s top court suspends new legislation that activists say undermines women’s rights
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 Lowers Age of Marriage For Girls To Nine, Sparks Outrage
Iraq passes shocking amendments allowing child marriage from age nine, sparking international human rights criticism and deep concerns about women's and children's protection.
Top Iraqi court suspends three laws crucial to Kurds, Sunnis, Shiites
Iraq's Federal Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily suspended the implementation of three laws concerning general amnesty, personal status, and the return of land confiscated under the Baath regime to its original Kurdish owners,
Iraq: Law permits child marriages from the age of nine
A storm of reactions has erupted from lawmakers and organizations in Iraq following the passage of a law that allows child marriages from the age of nine. Activists have strongly criticized the law, stating that it amounts to the “legalization of child rape.”
Iraq's Federal Supreme Court suspends implementation of controversial laws
Iraq’s top court suspended implementation of three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament, including amendments to a legislation that activists said would undermine women’s r
Iraq effectively lowers legal age of marriage to NINE after passing laws allowing hardline Islamist clerics to decide
IRAQ has effectively legalised child marriage, with girls as young as nine being able to marry after amendments to decades ...
Iraq lowers age of consent to just 9 years old in sick new law so old men can marry children
Family matters - including marriage, divorce and inheritance - will now be under the control of Islamic courts, which some ...
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Iraq OKs Marriage for 9-Year-Old Girls, Inciting Outrage
Outrage after Iraq passes controversial law allowing child marriage for girls as young as nine, sparking concerns of ...
Iraq Passes Law Critics Say Could Legalize Child Marriage
Newsweek contacted Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for comment via email outside normal business hours. Opponents to the ...
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Iraq lowers legal age of marriage for girls to NINE
Iraq's parliament today passed several laws that critics say will effectively legalise child marriage for girls as young as nine. The amendments to Iraq's personal status law will give Islamic ...