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
APRIL 1, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. 'CHEMICAL ALI' FACES DEATH PENALTY
an Iraqi prosecutor sought the death penalty for Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan
- MARCH 27, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
an Iraqi penal tribunal sentenced a man to death...
an Iraqi penal tribunal sentenced a man to death...
MARCH 26, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT ISSUES 6 DEATH SENTENCES
the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, where US military testify against the suspected insurgents they arrest, has
MARCH 20, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. FORMER SADDAM AIDE EXECUTED IN BAGHDAD
Iraq executed Saddam Hussein's former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan before dawn as the nation marked the fourth anniversary of the US led war.
- MARCH 15, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN ORDERS FOUR IRAQI REBELS HANGED
a Jordanian military court sentenced Ziyad Karbouli...
MARCH 15, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. DEATH SENTENCE FOR SADDAM DEPUTY UPHELD
an Iraqi court unanimously upheld the death sentence by hanging against Taha Yassin Ramadan, Saddam Hussein's former deputy.
MARCH 14, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. GOVERNMENT WANTS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY - MINISTER
The government of Iraq wants to abolish the death penalty, its human rights minister said. The first step
MARCH 10, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NASIRIYA
A court in Nasiriya sentenced two Iraqis to death for murder and kidnapping.
- MARCH 2, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. EXECUTIONS PUT ON HOLD
efforts to stop the imminent execution of three Iraqi women seem to have had an effect, as the executions of
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST THREE YOUNG IRAQI WOMEN
the National Lawyers Guild International Committee (NLG-IC) has received information that an Iraqi Tribunal has convicted and sentenced three young Iraqi women to death for terrorism offences.
FEBRUARY 21, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. REPORT: 235 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 2006
the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported that, in 2006, Iraqi courts sentenced 235 persons to death
- FEBRUARY 12, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. FORMER SADDAM VP SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Iraqi High Court sentenced Saddam Hussein's former vice president to death by hanging, despite appeals from UN officials and international human rights groups.