But Intisar al-Mayali, a human rights activist and a member of the Iraqi Women's League, said passage of the civil status law amendments 'will leave disastrous effects on the rights of women and ...

No international body is searching for hundreds of Yazidi women and girls still held captive by the Islamist terrorists.

Activists argue this undermines Iraq’s 1959 Personal Status Law, which unified family law and established safeguards for women. Intisar al-Mayali, a human rights activist and a member of the ...

Efforts to end child marriage in Iraq are facing a serious threat, with the Iraqi Council of Representatives’ approval of amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law raising grave concerns that it risks ...

By Islam Salah Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court has recently put a temporary stop to three major laws that were passed by ...

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, ...