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Parliament Poised to Legalize Child Marriage
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- Human Rights Watch (Author)
Title
Parliament Poised to Legalize Child Marriage
Abstract
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 matters at the expense of fundamental rights.
Publication
Human Rights Watch
Date
2024-08-16
Language
English
Short Title
Iraq
Accessed
18/08/2024, 20:22
Rights
Children's Rights
Extra
Iraq
Citation
Human Rights Watch. (2024, August 16). Parliament Poised to Legalize Child Marriage. Human Rights Watch. https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/16/iraq-parliament-poised-legalize-child-marriage
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