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Iraq’s Supreme Court freezes controversial laws on women’s rights, detainees, and land disputes

Iraq’s highest court has temporarily suspended the enforcement of three contentious laws passed by parliament last month, including a measure that activists argue erodes women’s rights. The Federal Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday stopping the implementation of the bills pending a legal challenge over the parliamentary voting process.

Associated Press · 14h

Iraq’s top court suspends new legislation that activists say undermines women’s rights

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists say undermines women’s rights.

The Washington Post · 1d

Iraq's Federal Supreme Court suspends implementation of controversial laws

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

The National on MSN · 1d

Iraq’s Supreme Court suspends revised law lowering marriage age to 15

Amendments to Iraq's personal status law have been suspended by the country's Supreme Court, pausing plans to allow girls as young as 15 to marry. The bill, early drafts of which suggested reducing the marriage age to nine,

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Iraq Passes Law Critics Say Could Legalize Child Marriage

Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and ...

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Iraqi lawmakers pass a bill that critics say legalizes child marriage

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

Bill McEwen13d

Iraq OKs Marriage for 9-Year-Old Girls, Inciting Outrage

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

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Iraq Passes Law That Could Legalise Child Marriage For Girls As Young As 9, Activists Criticise Move

For Shia Muslims, who make up a majority in the country, the lowest age of marriage for girls will be nine years old, while ...

The Sun13d

Iraq effectively lowers legal age of marriage to NINE after passing laws allowing hardline Islamist clerics to decide

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 ...

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Iraq: Law permits child marriages from the age of nine

A storm of reactions has erupted from lawmakers and organizations in Iraq following the passage of a law that allows child ...

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Iraq passes law that will allow child marriage, critics warn: 'Disastrous'

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

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Iraq passes law that could allow for child marriages

Human rights groups warn of 'disastrous effects' as some clerics interpret Islamic law as allowing girls to be married as ...

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