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
MAY 29, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. 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 PENALTYIRAQ. 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.
APRIL 29, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. SENTENCING JUDGE CONDEMNS HUSSEIN'S EXECUTION
the Iraqi judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death condemned the manner in which
APRIL 13, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. 28 CRIMINALS AND MILITANTS EXECUTED IN BASRA
Iraqi's interior ministry executed 28 criminals and militant cult members in the
FEBRUARY 29, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. 'CHEMICAL ALI' EXECUTION APPROVED
the execution of Saddam Hussein's cousin and henchman "Chemical Ali" has
- FEBRUARY 29, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS US CITIZEN'S DEATH SENTENCE
an Iraqi appeals court overturned the conviction and death sentence
- FEBRUARY 17, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
COURT CONDEMNS 170 DEFENDANTS
the Baghdad Central Criminal Court in Iraq condemned...
- FEBRUARY 8, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
seven people under sentence of death, in Iraq, had their sentences upheld by the Cassation Court...
seven people under sentence of death, in Iraq, had their sentences upheld by the Cassation Court...
FEBRUARY 4, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. THREE FOREIGNERS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indian, an Iraqi and a Pakistani after they were
- JANUARY 16, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SEEKS END TO "CHEMICAL ALI" EXECUTION IMPASSE
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is trying to end an impasse that has delayed the execution of Saddam Hussein's cousin and two other men convicted of genocide, a government spokesman said.