Marriage Without Safeguards: The Consequences of Iraq's Personal Status Code
February 24, 2026
February 24, 2026
NEW YORK, Feb. 24 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news:
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Marriage Without Safeguards: The Consequences of Iraq's Personal Status Code
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In this article, the author examines how Iraq's Personal Status Code has weakened legal safeguards for women and girls, particularly by facilitating child marriage and creating a parallel religious legal regime. Drawing on court observations and survivor testi . . .
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Marriage Without Safeguards: The Consequences of Iraq's Personal Status Code
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In this article, the author examines how Iraq's Personal Status Code has weakened legal safeguards for women and girls, particularly by facilitating child marriage and creating a parallel religious legal regime. Drawing on court observations and survivor testi . . .