Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and critics are concerned the move may spark a rise in child marriages.

(Beirut) – Iraq’s parliament is moving forward an amendment to the country’s Personal Status Law that would allow Iraqi religious authorities, rather than state law, to govern marriage and inheritance ...

A law that passed this week in Iraq that opponents have said effectively allows men to marry girls as young as 9 years old has horrified human rights groups. Some of those opponents are now planning ...

Amnesty International on Thursday called for Iraqi lawmakers to drop proposed amendments to the Personal Status Law in Iraq, which codifies the rules of marriage and family matters in the country. The ...

Iraq is proposing a law change which could allow girls as young as nine to get married, rolling back decades of social progress. The Middle Eastern country’s government is considering changing clause ...