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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 ...
BY SAMEER N. YACOUB AND SINAN SALAHEDDIN BAGHDAD (AP) -- A contentious draft law being considered in Iraq could open the door to girls as young as nine getting married and would require wives to ...
Attempts were made by conservative parties in the Iraqi parliament to legalize child marriage in 2024. [78] However, a revised bill was passed in January 2025 which reinstated the clauses of the previous amendment following protests in Iraq along with backlash from both international and local civil society groups.
After the 2003 invasion, the government tried to remove the Personal Law Code, which is the basis for women's legal rights in Iraq. However feminist mobilization blocked this attempt and the law was reinstated. [35] This victory highlighted the growing influence of women's rights organizations like OWFI in creating national policies.
Law in Iraq : A Document Companion; A Long Way From A Way Forward : Our Journey Through Legal Reform in Post-War Iraq; The Iraqi Legal Database; A collection of articles, drafts, studies and reports on the Iraqi constitution Archived 2020-11-17 at the Wayback Machine; Global Justice Project: Iraq Archived 2009-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender people. U.S ...
French petition against age of consent laws; Youth. Youth suffrage; Youth rights; Legal age. Legal drinking age; Age of majority; Age of reason (canon law) Age of criminal responsibility; Mature minor doctrine; Emancipation of minors; Fitness to plead, law of England and Wales; Minors and abortion; Convention on the Rights of the Child; Child ...
Iraq's parliament passed a law criminalising same-sex relationships with a maximum 15-year prison sentence on Saturday, in a move it said aimed to uphold religious values but was condemned by ...