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
- DECEMBER 26, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO THREE 'FOREIGN FIGHTERS'
an Iraqi court sentenced a Saudi, a Syrian and a Sudanese to death after finding them guilty of Al-Qaeda related terrorist offences, the US-led coalition in Iraq said.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 13 CONVICTED CRIMINALS EXECUTED
Iraqi authorities executed 13 men by hanging after they were convicted of murder and kidnapping, lining them up in hoods and green jumpsuits with their hands bound behind their backs.
- DECEMBER 12, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
SADDAM TO BE BURIED SECRETLY, NO MONUMENT: OFFICIAL
Saddam Hussein and two top aides convicted with him will be executed immediately after an appeals court confirms their sentences and could be buried in secret, an Iraqi official said.
- DECEMBER 12, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
NEW ZEALAND JOINS CHORUS OF NATIONS OPPOSED TO EXECUTING SADDAM
Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zealand said that Saddam Hussein should not be hanged despite the "horrific acts" he has committed, joining a chorus of opposition to his death sentence.
- DECEMBER 7, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER US SHIP ATTACK
a Jordanian military tribunal condemned to death three Syrian nationals and an Iraqi in connection with a rocket attack on US warships that killed a Jordanian soldier.
- DECEMBER 6, 2006LibyaDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI COURT SENTENCES LIBYAN TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
an Iraqi court sentenced a Libyan member of al-Qaida in Iraq to death after he admitted taking part in eight attacks on US-led coalition forces and Iraqi targets...
- DECEMBER 3, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM APPEALS CONTROVERSIAL DEATH SENTENCE
lawyers for Saddam Hussein and two former aides sentenced to death lodged appeals, the Iraqi prosecutor said, following a trial slammed by some rights experts as unfair and fundamentally flawed.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. WEST BENGAL HOUSE CONDEMNS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SADDAM
the West Bengal Assembly, India...
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SHOULD NOT CARRY DEATH PENALTY AGAINST SADDAM-UN
U.N. human rights experts called on Iraq's government not to carry out the death sentence passed on former leader Saddam Hussein, saying his trial had been seriously flawed.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF JAPANESE HOSTAGE
an Iraqi court sentenced to death an al-Qaida operative over the 2004 kidnapping and beheading of a Japanese hostage.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
EU TELLS IRAQ THAT DEATH PENALTY BAN WILL BE PART OF TALKS ON TRADE AND COOPERATION PACT
European Union officials told Iraq that it would seek commitments on human rights standards, including a ban on capital punishment, during negotiations on a trade and aid pact.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIAN MUSLIMS CONDEMN DEATH SENTENCE FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN
Russian Muslims joined ultranationalist lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky in condemning the death sentence of former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein, saying his execution could destabilize the Muslim world.