Iraqi lawmakers pass a bill that critics say legalizes child marriage ...
Jan 21, 2025 · BAGHDAD (AP) — 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 Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage, divorce and inheritance.
Iraqi lawmakers pass a bill that critics say legalizes child marriage
Jan 22, 2025 · 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.
Proposed Bill in Iraq Could Allow Girls Young as 9 to Marry - TIME
Aug 16, 2024 · Even with the legal protections currently in place, child marriage remains prevalant in Iraq, with approximately 28% of girls marrying before the age of 18, according to a 2023 UNICEF report....
Iraq: Revised 'sectarian' law that raised fears over child marriage ...
Jan 21, 2025 · A "sectarian" bill that could potentially legitimise child marriage in Iraq has passed into law reportedly without a vote in the parliament.. The parliamentary website said "the proposal to amend ...
Iraq: Reject changes to Personal Status Law which would allow child ...
Oct 10, 2024 · Iraqi lawmakers must drop amendments to the Personal Status Law, which would violate women and girls’ rights, further entrench discrimination and could allow for girls as young as nine to be married, Amnesty International said today, ahead of an imminent parliamentary vote on the changes.
Iraq: Parliament Poised to Legalize Child Marriage
Aug 16, 2024 · (Beirut) – Iraq’s parliament is moving forward an amendment to the country’s Personal Status Law that would allow Iraqi religious authorities, rather than state law, to govern marriage and...
Iraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider …
Rights groups and many Iraqi women fear the country's parliament will open the door to child marriages as lawmakers consider legal changes that would give religious authorities more power over family law.
Iraq's Amended Personal Status Law Could Make 9-Year-Olds Brides
Sep 19, 2024 · In effect, it could legalize child marriage for girls as young as 9 and boys as young as 15, undermine the principle of equality before the law and remove protections for women regarding...
Girls as young as nine could become child brides under new Iraqi …
Oct 22, 2024 · Girls as young as nine could enter marriages under new measures being proposed in Iraq that could also see divorce protections for women revoked, human rights campaigners have warned.
Iraq Approves Child Marriages for Girls as Young as 9
6 days ago · Iraq’s parliament has approved new legislation that would lower the minimum age of marriage below 18, a shift rights groups say will legalize “child rape” in Iraq.