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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 ...
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 ...
Despite the law, child marriage rates in Bangladesh are among the highest in the world. Every 2 out of 3 marriages involve child marriages. [154] Bhutan: 18 [155] Brunei: 18: 14 [156] Minimum legal age for marriage without parental consent varies across states/provinces, ethnic groups, religious groups or forms of marriage. [157] Cambodia: 18 ...
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country); [68] [94] Equal age of consent since 2018. Bans some anti-gay discrimination Burkina Faso: Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) [95] Constitutional ban since 1991 Cape Verde: Legal since 2004 + UN decl. sign. [68]
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 ...
Child marriage is a marriage or domestic partnership, formal or informal, usually between a child and an adult, but can also be between a child and another child. [ 1 ] Although the age of majority (legal adulthood ) and marriage age are typically 18 years old, these thresholds can differ in different jurisdictions . [ 2 ]
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 ...