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 10, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: WASSIT COURT UPHOLDS 8 DEATH SENTENCES
the public body of the Court of Cassation in Iraq upheld a ruling made by the Central Criminal Court, which sentenced eight people to death for kidnapping and murdering civilians, an anonymous source from Wassit's Federal Court of Appeal said.
- JULY 24, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
PANNELLA: HUNGER STRIKE TO SAVE TAREQ AZIZ
at the presentation of the Hands Off Cain 2008 Report on the Death Penalty Worldwide, Marco Pannella used the occasion to promote his “Moratorium on the death penalty also for Tareq Aziz” campaign. Mr Pannella has been on a hunger strike since midnight, J
- JULY 14, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. MECACCI AND PERDUCA: SEND A FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMISSION DELEGATION TO VISIT TAREQ AZIZ
Radical-PD Parliamentarians Matteo Mecacci and Marco Perduca wrote a letter to the Presidents of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chamber and the Senate asking them to start all the practical necessities for sending a delegation to Iraq “with the utm
- JULY 6, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. PANNELLA, HUNGER STRIKE AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY FOR TAREQ AZIZ
as of tonight, Marco Pannella is on a hunger strike against the likely death sentence and execution of Tareq Aziz, ex vice prime minister of the deposed Iraqi regime.
- JULY 3, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
KARBALA COURT SENTENCES THREE SUSPECTS TO DEATH
Rahman Mashawi, the spokesman for Karbala security operations...
- JULY 1, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
a conference was held in Erbil by the Kurdistan Regional Government...
a conference was held in Erbil by the Kurdistan Regional Government...
- JUNE 18, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
FEDERAL COURT OF CESSATION RATIFIES 18 DEATH SENTENCES
the Federal Court of Cassation’s public authority ratified the execution of 18 death row convicts in several Iraqi provinces...
- JUNE 4, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. UN EXPERT CONDEMNS DEATH PENALTY
the United Nations expert on the independence of judges and lawyers condemned the
- MAY 29, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. KURDISTAN REGION'S JUSTICE MINISTER 'WANTS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY'
the autonomous northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan's justice minister, Faruq Jamil, told campaign
- MAY 19, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. CHURCH OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR ARCHBISHOP'S KILLER
the Archbishop of Kirkuk, Louis Sako, said that the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq
- MAY 18, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. DEATH PENALTY FOR ARCHBISHOP'S KILLING
a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq was sentenced to death for the killing of
- APRIL 30, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
TIKRIT COURT SENTENCES AL-QAEDA-LINKED GROUP LEADER TO DEATH
the Criminal Court in Tikrit, Iraq, sentenced an al-Qaeda-linked group member to death, a police source said.