Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq chairs meeting on amendments to anti-domestic violence law

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 24 July 2022 chaired a meeting of Parliament’s Women’s Rights Committee with legal advisers and women's organizations to discuss amendments to the Law on Combating Violence against Families and Women in the Kurdistan Region, Law No. 8 of 2011.

The participants discussed in detail the draft first report of the bill, in particular how to ensure that this time the law does not have gaps that create challenges for the courts in implementing the legislation.

Speaker Faiq said: "Law No. 8 of 2011 is one of the laws that was very good in its era and which the Kurdistan Parliament is proud to have passed. Experience proves that a law can be successful for a period, and then with the passage of time it needs to be changed. After a series of meetings with relevant parties, most of the women's organizations, lawyers, experts and civil society activists, we hope that we can minimize gaps in the law so that it better serves those who are dealing with the cases brought to them."

Ms. Lanja Dizayee, Chair of the Women's Rights Committee, representatives of women's organizations and lawyers gave their views on the law and the proposed amendments.

They decided to discuss all the new suggestions at another meeting in coordination with Parliament’s Legislative Committee.