BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court suspended implementation Tuesday of three controversial bills passed last month by the ...

Iraq’s top court suspended implementation of three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament, including amendments to a legislation that activists said would undermine women’s r ...

Opponents to the amendments say they effectively legalize child marriage in Iraq and mark a significant step backward for women's rights in the country. The passage of the amendments also sets a ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...