The measures in question include a general amnesty law, new personal status legislation, and a law on the restitution of ...

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, ...

Amendments to Iraq's personal status law have been suspended by the country's Supreme Court, pausing plans to allow girls as ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court suspended implementation Tuesday of three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament, including amendments to a legislation that activists said ...

A former military bride from San Diego came to Concord Tuesday to urge t Legislature to reject a proposal to allow 17-year-olds to marry if one member of the couple is active-duty military. The bill ...

Iraq’s proposal to lower the legal marriage age for girls to as young as 9 isn’t about protection—it’s about controlling and ...

On January 21, 2025, the Iraqi Parliament passed several laws, including the amended personal status law and a general ...

Iraq’s parliament has approved new legislation that would lower the minimum age of marriage below 18, a shift rights groups ...

ERBIL — A video of a German tourist in Baghdad has sparked outrage after he criticized Iraq’s newly amended Personal Status Law, which human rights organizations warn could legalize child marriage and ...

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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 ...