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
- OCTOBER 3, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
'CHEMICAL' ALI'S EXECUTION DELAYED BY IRAQ
Iraq has stayed announced it will miss the legal deadline for executing Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," while the government seeks a stay for the holy month of Ramadan.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
ANFAL DEATH SENTENCES DO NOT REQUIRE PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL: IRAQI JUDGE
An Iraqi judge and spokesman for the Iraqi High Tribunal said at a Baghdad
SEPTEMBER 7, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. TALABANI OPPOSES EXECUTION OF SADDAM AIDE
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said he would not sign the execution order of
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: CHEMICAL ALI EXECUTION "MUST HAVE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE", SAYS COUNCIL
Iraq's National Legal Consultation Council said that it was not legal to execute Saddam Hussein's close aides, including the dictator's cousin so-called 'Chemical Ali,' without a presidential decree.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYUN FAULTS IRAQ FOR CONTINUED EXECUTIONS
a new United Nations report on human rights criticises the
SEPTEMBER 4, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR 'CHEMICAL ALI'
Iraq's top court said it has confirmed the death sentence on "Chemical Ali" and two other cohorts of
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
10 IRAQI CULT MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
ten members of an Iraqi doomsday cult were sentenced to death for their roles in a January rebellion against Iraqi and US troops that left hundreds dead, police said.
- AUGUST 22, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
Eleven men were executed in Iraq, for murder, rape and terrorism.
Eleven men were executed in Iraq, for murder, rape and terrorism.
- AUGUST 8, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH FOR TERRORIST ACTS
three Iraqi snipers were convicted and sentenced to death last week after confessing to the deaths of at least two coalition soldiers and the shootings of nine others according to Army Col. Mark S. Martins, staff judge advocate with Multinational Force Ir
JULY 3, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. MAN EXECUTED FOR ROLE IN 2003 IMAM ALI BLAST
Iraqi Justice Ministry spokesman Busho Ibrahim said Oras Muhammad Abdul-Aziz
- JULY 2, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
4 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY IRAQI COURT
the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, a forum in which US troops
- JUNE 24, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. THREE EX OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO HANG
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as ``Chemical Ali,'' and two other regime