Reports
Marriage Without Safeguards: The Consequences of Iraq’s Personal Status Code
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 testimonies, the piece shows how unregistered marriages expose girls to abuse and argues that the new code erodes protections in divorce, custody, and access to civil documentation.
