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 ...

Newsweek contacted Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for comment via email outside normal business hours. Opponents to the amendments say they effectively legalize child marriage in Iraq and mark a ...

Sharia law, which influences much of Iraq’s legal system, permits child marriage under certain conditions, often tied to the ...

Iraq’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday that critics say would effectively legalise child marriage with girls as young as nine. The amendments give Islamic courts increased authority over ...

This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad ... personal status law to give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage, divorce and inheritance. Women’s ...

Iraq has passed a law that would legalise the marriage of children as young as nine. Three divisive laws have now been passed which give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters ...

Iraq's parliament today passed several laws that critics say will effectively legalise child marriage for girls as young as nine. The amendments to Iraq's personal status law will give Islamic ...

Iraq’s top court on Tuesday threw out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last ...

Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments give ...

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 ...