Personal Status Code 1959

Law 188 of 1959 promulgated a Personal Status Code (published in the Official Gazette on 30 December 1959). Although the law was passed following the revolution of 14 July 1958, debate had previously raged for 12 years over the adoption of a Personal Status Code. The law covers matters of marriage, divorce, child custody and […]

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Historic visit to Baghdad by Kurdistan Region Chief Justice

Kurdistan Region Chief Justice Ahmed travelled to Baghdad on 8 April 2009 for the first time in 20 years to meet with Iraqi Chief Justice Medhat and new Iraqi Minister of Justice Dara Nur-al Din. Following up upon their successful meeting at the Judicial Federalism conference in Erbil on 28 and 29 March 2009 and […]

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