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 24, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 16 'QAEDA' MEMBERS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Iraq executed 16 Al-Qaeda members convicted of involvement in the massacre of 70 people
NOVEMBER 23, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: IRAQI MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
An Iraqi man was executed after being convicted of murdering a Saudi national in the kingdom's
- NOVEMBER 17, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TUNISIAN, WOMAN AMONG 11 EXECUTED FOR TERROR
Eleven people sentenced to death for terrorist activity were executed in Iraq, according
- NOVEMBER 4, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TUNISIAN’S EXECUTION POSTPONED AFTER INTERVENTION BY GHANNOUCHI
the execution of a young Tunisian in Iraq has been stayed after the intervention of Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi.
NOVEMBER 4, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: CALL TO HALT IMMINENT EXECUTION OF 15 MEN
the Iraqi authorities must halt the imminent execution of 15 men set to die after
NOVEMBER 3, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TUNISIAN FACES EXECUTION
Yosri Triki, a young Tunisian student who is set to be executed in Iraq by the end of the week
- OCTOBER 20, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ OKAYS EXECUTIONS OF 53, INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS
Iraq's presidency approved the executions of 53 people, including five foreigners, according to the
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI BILL TO FORCE PRESIDENT TO SIGN DEATH SENTENCES
a leading member of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's political party, Hussein al-Assadi
- AUGUST 18, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ'S AZIZ ASKS FOR SPEEDY EXECUTION: LAWYER
Iraq's former deputy premier Tareq Aziz called on Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to accelerate his execution because of his worsening health, his lawyer Badie Aref said.
- AUGUST 11, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI OFFICER GETS DEATH FOR KEROSENE SMUGGLING
the Iraqi Integrity Commission said in a statement that the Salaheddin criminal court sentenced an interior ministry lieutenant colonel, a former deputy commander of an oil protection unit in Salaheddin province, to death for smuggling 116 tankers of kero
- AUGUST 2, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY FOR IRAQ CHURCH ATTACK
an Iraqi court sentenced three unidentified men to death for their role in the October
- JULY 20, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ STAYS EXECUTIONS OF TWO FORMER SADDAM OFFICIALS
Iraq stayed the execution of two of Saddam Hussein’s top military officials.