Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and ...

Iraq's parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country's personal status law that ...

IRAQ has effectively legalised child marriage, with girls as young as nine being able to marry after amendments to decades ...

Roughly three months after Iraqi lawmakers proposed a bill to slash the country’s legal age of consent from 18 to nine years old, Iraq’s parliament passed an amendment to the country’s personal status ...

For Shia Muslims, who make up a majority in the country, the lowest age of marriage for girls will be nine years old, while ...

Outrage after Iraq passes controversial law allowing child marriage for girls as young as nine, sparking concerns of ...

A storm of reactions has erupted from lawmakers and organizations in Iraq following the passage of a law that allows child ...

The amendments to Iraq's personal status law allow clerics to rule on marriages based on their interpretation of Islamic law.

Iraqis have reacted with horror after the country's parliament passed a law allowing children as young as nine to marry. The ...

MP says new Personal Status Law amendment no longer allows child marriage but concerns remain over impact of legislation ...

A law has been passed in Iraq which has legalised the marriage of children as young as nine. Three controversial laws have ...

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