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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 ...
Rasha Younes, a senior researcher with the LGBT Rights Program at Human Rights Watch, said the law’s passage “rubber-stamps Iraq’s appalling record of rights violations against LGBT people ...
Article 3 – Marriage is defined as a union between a man and a woman to create children. Article 40 Section 2 – A legal separation may be granted if either spouse is unfaithful, with the act of homosexuality included as an example of being unfaithful. This provision was added to the law in 1981.
Iraq's Justice Ministry late last year introduced the draft measure to the Cabinet, which approved it last month despite strong opposition by rights groups and activists. The draft law does not ...
20 November – Iraq holds its first national census since 1997. [45] 24 November – Kurdistan’s Prime Minister Masrour Barzani condemns Iraq’s proposed legislation to lower the legal marriage age to nine, labeling it a severe regression in women’s rights. [46]
Initially, Rasan was a feminist women's rights organization between 2004 and 2012 but in 2012 they expanded their scope to human rights issues related to the LGBT community, making them the first registered organization in Iraq to publicly advocate for the LGBT community. The organization also campaigned against child marriage and domestic abuse.
The U.S. State Department said that a law passed by Iraq’s parliament on Saturday criminalizing same-sex relationships was a threat to human rights and freedoms and would weaken Iraq’s ability ...
The Personal Status Code of 1959 passed by the former ruler of Iraq, Abd al-Karim Qasim, ensured women's equality in polygamy, inheritance, marriage consent, and divorce. The progress embodied in the passage of the Status Code is largely attributed to political organizations under the auspices of the IWU which campaigned for women's rights.