The custody amendment controversy is back again: Parliamentary signatures despite objections

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[size=52]The custody amendment controversy is back again: Parliamentary signatures despite objections[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Hussein Hatem[/size]
[size=45]The debate over amending Article 57 of the Iraqi Personal Status Law has returned to the fore again, as a document obtained by Al-Mada showed that more than 30 MPs’ signatures were collected to amend Article 57 of the Iraqi Personal Status Law regarding child custody.[/size]
[size=45]Representative Zahra Al-Bajari, Speaker of the House of Representatives, also demanded the inclusion of a proposal to amend Article 57, and the document stated: “We believe in the importance of proceeding with the amendment of Article 57 of the Iraqi Personal Status Law, which is related to custody provisions, in order to preserve the social fabric of Iraqi families and in order to establish an understanding family that contributes to building an Iraqi generation.” More interdependent and believing in social values ​​and in order to establish an approach that respects Islamic laws and preserves the rights of parents through joint custody.[/size]
[size=45]And he added, “Because the draft amendment was previously presented in the sessions of our esteemed Council in the previous session and was read, and the amendment was not completed due to the end of the parliamentary session with early elections, so we kindly ask you to agree to include the amendment in accordance with the proposed amendments and direct the Legal Committee to complete its legal procedures for importance.”[/size]
[size=45]In turn, Hamid Sultan, a professor of personal status law at the University of Baghdad, said in an interview with (Al-Mada), that “Article 57 of the Iraqi Personal Status Law was drafted within certain considerations at the time and is still valid and there is no reason to amend it.”[/size]
[size=45]Sultan added, "Moving towards amending Article 57 of the Personal Status Law is a negative step, since the legislator determined child custody according to a disciplined age and satisfactory conditions."[/size]
[size=45]And he pointed out, “The amendment carries with it a violation of the previously specified periods,” noting that “there are political parties working to amend the article as a result of a sectarian difference.”[/size]
[size=45]For her part, Professor of Criminal Law Bushra Al-Obaidi said in an interview with (Al-Mada) that “what is surprising is that most of the signatories to the amendment of Article 57 of the Personal Status Law are of the same gender as women representatives in Parliament, and some of the signatories are from parties described as October.” ".[/size]
[size=45]Al-Obeidi, a human rights activist, added, “There is no convincing reason to amend the constitutional article,” adding, “The objection was made by divorced parents to the issue of watching at the time.”[/size]
[size=45]And she pointed out, “The Supreme Judicial Council, after demands from us, directed an increase in viewing days and hours by four days a month, from nine in the morning until nine in the evening, and the father can take the fostered child to his home or to any place he wishes during these hours.” Al-Obeidi went on to say that “the demands to amend Article 57 of the Personal Status Law aim to open a loophole for the Personal Status Law and turn it into a Jaafari Personal Status Law.”[/size]
[size=45]A month before the 2014 elections, the idea of ​​the “Jaafari Personal Status” draft law was proposed, which included allowing the marriage of young girls at the age of nine.[/size]
[size=45]The same thing was observed months before the general elections in 2018, when a draft law was introduced that does not specify the age of majority for males and females - which means allowing the marriage of minors.[/size]
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