Social Protection Act 2014: Safe House

Country	Iraq
Year	2014
Type of Measure	Social services > Shelter/Safe accommodation, Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence	Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Brief Description

According to the Social Protection Act No 11, 2014, the safe house was opened to accommodate the victims of domestic violence in Baghdad and the establishment of another in the holy governorate of Karbala as the first attempt.

Source of Information

Iraq's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.35