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Changes from resolution motion joint to adopted text
RC-10-2024-0089 → TA-10-2024-0020
- From
- RC-10-2024-0089 resolution motion joint of 9 Oct 2024
- To
- TA-10-2024-0020 Adopted text of 10 Oct 2024
- Changes
- 3 changes to the text
- Paragraphs
- +6 added · −2 removed · 1 changed
More facts (2)
- Title (from)
- on Iraq, notably the situation of women’s rights and the recent proposal to amend the Personal Status Law
- Title (to)
- Iraq, notably the situation of women’s rights and the recent proposal to amend the Personal Status Law
Changes that matter, 3
Changes to the text in document order — the ones the change notes describe. Cover page, renumbering and punctuation-only edits are left out (see “Every difference”); changes to citations and references stay in and are marked as formal in the notes.
Change 1
ChangedA. whereas Iraq’s Parliament is drafting highly restrictive amendments to Law 188/1959 (the Personal Status Law), affecting women’s rights; whereas as a result, family matters, including marriage, divorce and child custody, would effectively fall under the remit of religious rather than civil courts, entailing disturbing discrepancies along religious lines, according to UN experts; whereas for some, the minimum legal marriageable age would be 9 for girls and 15 for boys, and there are fears of increased violence against women in the future; whereas 22 % of unregistered marriages involve girls under 14; whereas the draft amendments increase the vulnerability of female children, especially orphans and children from low-income families, and exacerbate the risk of them falling victim to human trafficking and exploitation by guardians and/or relatives; whereas the Supreme Court endorsed the constitutionality of the most problematic amendments before a third reading, which was postponed on 2 October 2024; whereas the women’s rights situation in Iraq already drew fierce criticism;
Change 2
Added2. Praises the women, including members of the Iraqi Parliament, who have condemned the reform, and the NGOs, activists and members of civil society who have fought since 1959 to preserve one of the most progressive laws in the region;
Change 3
Added4. Recalls that the current Personal Status Law requires children with at least one parent who has converted to Islam to become Muslims themselves; deplores the fact that the proposed amendments to the law, if enacted, would lead to an even more radical application of Sharia; states that these new provisions would also undermine the Iraqi State and affect the country’s minorities; expresses its deep concern about the consequences of these amendments for Iraq’s Christian communities;
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European Parliament (2024). “Changes between RC-10-2024-0089 and TA-10-2024-0020”. Text, 10 October 2024. from RC-10-2024-0089, to TA-10-2024-0020. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/RC-10-2024-0089/compare/TA-10-2024-0020 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-text-2024-10-10,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Changes between RC-10-2024-0089 and TA-10-2024-0020}},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-10-10},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/RC-10-2024-0089/compare/TA-10-2024-0020}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/RC-10-2024-0089/compare/TA-10-2024-0020},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. from RC-10-2024-0089, to TA-10-2024-0020. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}