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
MARCH 16, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AL-QAIDA LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court sentenced al-Qaida leader Munaf al-Rawi and five
- JANUARY 17, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
PROTEST HELD IN IRAQ'S ARBIL AGAINST EXECUTION OF IRANIAN KURDISH ACTIVIST
over "2,000" people have staged a demonstration outside the Iranian consulate in Arbil, Iraq, in protest against the execution of a Kurdish activist Hoseyn Khezri in Iranian Orumiyah prison on 15 January.
- JANUARY 1, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
On April 9, 2003 Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime was overthrown by a US-led military coalition.
On April 9, 2003 Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime was overthrown by a US-led military coalition.
DECEMBER 16, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ HAS EXECUTED 257 SINCE 2005: MINISTER
Iraq has executed 257 people, including six women, since 2005, deputy justice minister Busho
DECEMBER 13, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 835 AWAIT EXECUTION IN PRISONS
Iraq has 835 people waiting to be executed, Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said, just
DECEMBER 2, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ PARADES 39 AL-QAEDA MEMBERS AMID EXECUTION CALLS
Iraqi security forces have paraded 39 suspected al-Qaeda members accused of running terrorist operations
NOVEMBER 29, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE SADDAM AIDES
Three aides to Saddam Hussein were sentenced to death by an Iraqi court for
NOVEMBER 17, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PRESIDENT TALABANI REFUSES TO SIGN AZIZ DEATH ORDER
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said he would never sign former deputy premier Tareq Aziz's
- NOVEMBER 7, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: DE GREGORIO- THERE IS A CHANCE TO SAVE TAREQ AZIZ
senator Sergio De Gregorio, President of the Italian Delegation for the NATO Parliamentary
NOVEMBER 6, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PRESIDENT TALABANI AGAINST HANGING TAREQ AZIZ
Iraqi president Jalal Talabani spoke out against the fact that his country uses the death
OCTOBER 31, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AZIZ- FRATTINI READY TO GO TO BAGHDAD WITH PANNELLA
Foreign Minister Franco Frattini is ready to go with Marco Pannella to Baghdad to 'ask the Iraqi authorities to intervene and prevent the death penalty against Tareq Aziz and those condemned with him by the Iraqi High Court last week.'
- OCTOBER 27, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTY
UN URGES IRAQ NOT TO EXECUTE HUSSEIN SADDAM AIDE AZIZ
the United Nations urged Iraq to spare the life of Tareq Aziz...