伊拉克2025年的法律允许男子单方面适用什叶派离婚规则,破坏了妇女的权利和监护权。 Iraq’s 2025 law lets men unilaterally apply Shia divorce rules, undermining women’s rights and custody.

伊拉克2025年对《个人地位法》的修正允许男子单方面对未经同意的婚姻适用什叶派贾法里法则,这引起了人权观察社和其他权利团体的尖锐批评。 Iraq’s 2025 amendment to its personal status law, allowing men to unilaterally apply the Shia Ja’afari code to marriages without consent, has drawn sharp criticism from Human Rights Watch and other rights groups. 修改后,丈夫可以在不通知妻子的情况下提出离婚,7岁子女自动获得监护权,追溯剥夺妇女的监护权。 The change enables husbands to initiate divorce without notifying wives, gain automatic custody of children at age seven, and retroactively strip women of guardianship rights. 尽管公众反对和废除了允许9岁童婚等极端规定,但法律仍然强化了性别歧视,削弱了离婚和继承方面的法律保护,并有可能助长虐待。 Despite public backlash and removal of extreme provisions like allowing child marriage at age nine, the law still entrenches gender discrimination, weakens legal protections in divorce and inheritance, and risks enabling abuse. 例如Ghazal H.便因前夫单方面适用该法典, 在离婚多年后失去对儿子的监护权, Activists cite cases like Ghazal H., who lost custody of her son years after divorce due to her ex-husband’s unilateral application of the code. 权利团体要求废除法律,警告对妇女权利和社会稳定造成长期损害。 Rights groups demand the law be repealed, warning of long-term harm to women’s rights and social stability.