Iraq’s parliament has approved new legislation that would lower the minimum age of marriage below 18, a shift rights groups ...

Iraq passes shocking amendments allowing child marriage from age nine, sparking international human rights criticism and deep ...

Iraqi lawmakers have passed a bill critics say will legalize child marriage for girls as young as nine years old.

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

Iraq's parliament ammended a law protecting girls against child marriage, now allowing brides as young as 9 years old.

On January 21, 2025, the Iraqi Parliament passed several laws, including the amended personal status law and a general ...

Roughly three months after Iraqi lawmakers proposed a bill to slash the country’s legal age of consent from 18 to nine years ...

The ‘Personal Status Law’ approved without a parliamentary vote alarms activists and civil society. The fear of a ‘disintegration’ of the family and a step backwards in the rol ...

A former military bride from San Diego came to Concord Tuesday to urge t Legislature to reject a proposal to allow 17-year-olds to marry if one member of the couple is active-duty military. The bill ...