Some Shiite parties in the Iraqi parliament submitted a draft law to the parliament that paves the way for marriages at the age of 9.

The Kurdish Social Kobestî organisation protested against the bill in Sulaymaniyah.

The statement was made by Mardîn Uzêr on behalf of the Kurdish Social Kobestî Organisation, saying the following: "The amendment to the Personal Status Law will harm women and children. In the Middle East and Kurdistan, peoples with very different ethnic and religious identities live together. The insistence on changing this law will create a great danger for the whole society. We, the Social Kobestî Organisation, demand the rejection of the draft amendment to the Personal Status Law. We especially appeal to the Kurdish parliamentarians in the Iraqi Parliament; precent and do not allow the approval of this draft amendment."

The statement pointed out that: "If the bill is voted through, it will also pave the way for amendments to the Civil and Criminal Codes because the amendment of the Personal Status Law will legitimise major crimes against women. With this law, marriages will not be subject to the authorisation of the courts. Again, the amendment to be made to this law is contrary to the Declaration of Human Rights signed by Iraq and the Iraqi Constitution."