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2024-08-08 11:52:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 55A569DE5F35462A19E431F928B57FE79F08EFD61F666E19B0E37CBFB1B8DE10
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The current legal age of marriage in Iraq is 18, not 15. However, the law also allows a judge to permit girls as young as 15 to be married in ‘urgent’ cases. https://euaa.europa.eu/country-guidance-iraq-2022/2162-forced-and-child-marriage https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240808-fears-for-women-s-rights-as-iraqi-bill-resurfaces
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