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, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
four persons convicted of implementing a bomb attack...
four persons convicted of implementing a bomb attack were executed in the city of Arbil, Iraq, a source in the Kurdistan region’s interior ministry said.
- MAY 16, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
three Iraqis - Ahmad Hassan Ali, 25, Jasim Muhammad Hilal, 32, and Ali Asama'Ail Abrahim...
- MAY 15, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Iraq's main criminal court sentenced three Iraqi teenagers to hang after they were convicted of murdering a fellow detainee at Camp Cropper, a US military prison camp just outside Baghdad that houses thousands of detainees.
MAY 14, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. IRAQI BEHEADED FOR SMUGGLING HASHISH
an Iraqi national was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of smuggling hashish into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said.
- MAY 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
an Iraqi penal tribunal sentenced four Iraqis...
an Iraqi penal tribunal sentenced four Iraqis...
- APRIL 24, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. ARMY DESERTERS TO BE EXECUTED
Iraqi soldiers who desert their units now face execution, according to a decree by the country’s Presidential Council.
- APRIL 23, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
THREE IRAQIS BEHEADED FOR DRUG OFFENCES
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Iraqis nationals for drug smuggling.
- APRIL 20, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAQ FOR KIDNAPPING
a court in Baghdad sentenced three Iraqis to death, according to a statement by the Iraqi Supreme Court.
- APRIL 20, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAQ
a Libyan national was sentenced to death in Iraq for joining ‘an armed group’, according to a statement by the Iraqi Supreme Court.
APRIL 20, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYAMNESTY CONDEMNS IRAQ EXECUTIONS
Iraq is now the world's fourth highest user of the death penalty, Amnesty International reported.
- APRIL 6, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. US CITIZEN TO FACE DEATH PENALTY
a federal appeals court refused to intervene in the case of a U.S. citizen facing a death
APRIL 3, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYthe Parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous
the Parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous