Iraq
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- ratified on October 15, 2005 (currently under review by the Constitutional Committee and likely to be subject to a referendum in the future)
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on European civil law and Islamic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- Council of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- according to the constitution, the federal judiciary includes the High Judicial Council, the Federal Supreme Court, the Federal Court of Cassation, the Public Prosecutor's Department, the Judicial Oversight Commission, and other federal courts
RELIGIONS
97% Muslims; Christian and Hindu minorities
From the country
NOVEMBER 22, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 3 DEATH SENTENCES FOR JOURNALIST'S KILLERS
The Iraqi Central Criminal Court announced the death verdict against three convicts who were charged of killing the Iraqi journalist Nadhim Na'eem al-Qaisi.
NOVEMBER 10, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: CRIMINAL COURT OF KARBALA ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE ON MURDERERS OF SOLDIER MUSTAFA AL-ATHARI
Criminal Court of Karbala has sentenced to death by hanging on four terrorists belonging to ISIS
- NOVEMBER 5, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTY
UN GROUP: TERROR FIGHT NO EXCUSE FOR RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
A U.N. watchdog group has accused Iraq of violating the human rights of its citizens in the name of
- NOVEMBER 3, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANDS 2 SAUDIS DEATH, 3 ON THE LIST
Iraq’s Central Criminal Court has sentenced two Saudis to death by hanging after finding them guilty on
OCTOBER 18, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS RELEASES DRONE VIDEO SHOWING BEHEADING OF MAN EXECUTED FOR INSULTING 'ALLAH' IN ANBAR
The Sunni terror group, Islamic State (Isis), has released a new execution video shot using a camera
AUGUST 26, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: EU CALLS ON KURDISTAN TO REINSTATE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
the European Union called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to re-instate a moratorium on
AUGUST 15, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 21 EXECUTION DECREES RECEIVED BY JUSTICE MINISTRY
Iraqi Justice Ministry reported receiving 21 presidential decrees for executing convicts charged with
JULY 8, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 24 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SPEICHER KILLINGS
An Iraqi court sentenced 24 people to death over the killing of hundreds of soldiers at a former U.S. military
- JUNE 30, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: ISLAMIC STATE BEHEADS FOUR FOR SORCERY, INCLUDING TWO WOMEN
Islamic State (IS) has beheaded two women in eastern Syria, the first time the jihadist group has
JUNE 9, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PRESIDENT MASUM IS HESITATING TO SIGN EXECUTION ORDERS OF CONVICTS SENTENCED DURING AL-MALIKI’S GOVERNMENT
Presidency spokesperson Khalid Shwani told BasNews that 667 execution orders were waiting to be
- MARCH 26, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI JUDICIARY SENTENCED A SAUDI AND A TAJIKISTAN WITH DEATH FOR BELONGING TO ISIS
Central Criminal Court sentenced two convicted, one of them is from Tajikistan and the other is from Saudi Arabia to death.
MARCH 24, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS MILITANTS STONE COUPLE ACCUSED OF ADULTERY
Islamic State militants in Iraq publicly stoned a man and woman to death on charges of adultery, parading the victims in a public square in the northern city of Mosul, according to witnesses and an Iraqi military official.