Activists argue this undermines Iraq’s 1959 Personal Status Law, which unified family law and established safeguards for women. Intisar al-Mayali, a human rights activist and a member of the ...

But Intisar al-Mayali, a human rights activist and a member of the Iraqi Women's League, said passage of the civil status law amendments 'will leave disastrous effects on the rights of women and ...

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s top court suspended implementation ... including a measure that activists said undermines women’s rights. A number of members of parliament filed a complaint alleging ...

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