2.2 Latest legislation impacting civil and human rights: January 2025 legislative package
On 21 January 2025, the Iraqi Parliament passed three controversial laws in a single legislative package, the outcome of political negotiations among various parliamentary blocs,478 with each law supported by different religious and ethnic groups.479
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Jummar Media, Three laws in one basket. Iraq insists on division and regression, 27 February 2025, url; Martini L.S., The Square Centre, From Personal Status to General Amnesty: A Controversial Political Process in Iraq, 12 March 2025, url
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EPIC, ISHM: January 16 – 23, 2025, 23 January 2025, url; Martini L.S., The Square Centre, From Personal Status to General Amnesty: A Controversial Political Process in Iraq, 12 March 2025, url