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

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

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

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 ...

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

Family matters - including marriage, divorce and inheritance - will now be under the control of Islamic courts, which some ...

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 ...

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

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

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