Amendments to Iraq's personal status law have been suspended by the country's Supreme Court, pausing plans to allow girls as young as 15 to marry. The bill, early drafts of which suggested reducing the marriage age to nine,

A storm of reactions has erupted from lawmakers and organizations in Iraq following the passage of a law that allows child marriages from the age of nine. Activists have strongly criticized the law, stating that it amounts to the “legalization of child rape.”