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
AUGUST 29, 2012SyriaDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 26 EXECUTIONS IN THREE DAYS
Iraq executed 26 people convicted of terror-related charges between 27 and 29 August 2012, including a Syrian and Saudi national, a justice ministry spokesman said.
JULY 29, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH VERDICTS RATIFIED FOR 12 TERROR CONVICTS
The Iraqi Presidency Council ratified the death penalty verdicts for 12 terror convicts, including two from other Arab countries, Iraqi official television reported.
JULY 24, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQI AUTHORITIES URGED TO HALT EXECUTION OF 196 PEOPLE IN ANBAR
Amnesty International has condemned the “alarming” news that nearly 200 executions
JUNE 28, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
Three men were sentenced to death in Iraq for masterminding a suicide bomb attack on the
JUNE 10, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THE TERRIBLE STATE MURDER OF ABED HAMID HAMOUD
the Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG), an independent research and media organization
- JUNE 7, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: SADDAM HUSSEIN'S PERSONAL SECRETARY EXECUTED, ACCORDING TO IRAQI OFFICIAL
Saddam Hussein's trusted personal secretary, once No. 4 on the U.S. most-wanted
- APRIL 18, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: EIGHT MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KARBALA BOMBINGS
Eight militants have been sentenced to death by a court in Karbala, Iraq, on terror charges, a local
- APRIL 11, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: KUT BOMBING PERPETRATORS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two militants detained in Iraq by security forces on charges of carrying out twin bombings in
APRIL 4, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYUN: BAN KI-MOON URGES HALT TO EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ
Iraq should impose a moratorium on executions in the country, which has seen a sharp rise in
MARCH 13, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: KARBALA ‘GOVERNOR’ FOR AL-QAEDA AMONG EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH
The so-called Karbala governor for al-Qaeda is among eight al-Qaeda leaders sentenced
- FEBRUARY 20, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE FOR BAGHDAD BOMBERS
Three brothers and a fourth man are to hang for a March 2007 car bombing in Baghdad that killed six people and wounded seven, a statement released by the Higher Judicial Council said.
FEBRUARY 20, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ'S 2012 EXECUTIONS TOP 2011'S NUMBER
Iraq executed four people, bringing the number of people put to death so far this year to at least 69, or one more than in all of 2011, a justice ministry official said.