Iraq is poised to pass a new law that would lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine, allowing men to marry young girls ...

Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children. The proposed legal change also deprives women of rights to divorce, child custody and ...

Activists argue that this undermines Iraq's 1959 Personal Status Law, which unified family law and established safeguards for women. Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in ...

Iraq’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday that ... through the marriage of girls at an early age, which violates their right to life as children, and will disrupt the protection mechanisms ...

Iraq passes shocking amendments allowing child marriage from age nine, sparking international human rights criticism and deep concerns about women's and children's protection.

IRAQ has effectively legalised child marriage, with girls as young as nine being able to marry after amendments to decades old laws. The change on Tuesday has increased the interpretation of ...

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, ...

Activists argue that this undermines Iraq's 1959 Personal Status Law, which established safeguards for women and unified family law. Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most ...

Iraq's parliament today passed several laws that ... Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most cases, but the changes passed Tuesday would let clerics rule according ...