Child-Protection Laws On Table in Iraqi Kurdistan
An innovative law protecting the rights of children and the disabled in Iraqi Kurdistan is to be considered by the regional government, reports Abdel Hamid Zebari.
The Ministry of Social Affairs in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has exerted strenuous effort to pass a law on child protection. After long years of waiting and tenacious work on the part of activists, the focus has finally been turned toward children.
Despite popular and official interest in laws concerning women’s and youth rights and domestic violence, children are still excluded from them.
In this regard, Asos Najib, minister of labor and social affairs in the KRG, said that in order to “ensure children’s rights and protection from violence, our ministry has crafted a draft law and referred it to the Shura Council. Once returned, the draft will be sent to the parliament through the cabinet to be read, discussed, ratified and passed.”
According to the bylaws of Iraqi Kurdistan’s parliament, proposed laws come to it in two ways: through the premiership of the cabinet or from MPs.
