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

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

A law that passed this week in Iraq that opponents have said effectively allows men to marry girls as young as 9 years old ...

A law has been passed in Iraq which has legalised the marriage of children as young as nine. Three controversial laws have ...

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

Iraq’s parliament has passed three divisive laws including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say ...

IRAQ has effectively legalised child marriage, with girls as young as nine being able to marry after amendments to decades ...

Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most cases. The changes passed Tuesday would let clerics rule ...

Iraq's parliament passed into law on Tuesday a revised bill that had sparked outrage over fears it rolled back women's rights ...

MP says new Personal Status Law amendment no longer allows child marriage but concerns remain over impact of legislation ...

Iraq 's parliament has passed amendments to the personal status law, which critics argue could legalize child marriage. The ...