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
- JUNE 30, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Three Iraqi Kurds convicted over a spate of armed robberies,...
Three Iraqi Kurds convicted over a spate of armed robberies, extortion and rape were hanged publicly in the northern Iranian city of Qazvin, Qods newspaper reported
- JUNE 30, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi government approved reinstating the death...
The Iraqi government approved reinstating the death penalty, President Sheikh Ghazi al-Yawar said in an interview the day the interim authority took legal custody of former president Saddam Hussein
- JUNE 30, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
France reiterated its opposition to death penalty "under...
France reiterated its opposition to death penalty "under any circumstances" and called for the trial for Iraqi former president Saddam Hussein to be in compliance with the international law
- JUNE 30, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Britain accepted that Saddam Hussein...
It was reported that Britain accepted that Saddam Hussein was likely to be executed by the Iraqi government for war crimes
- JUNE 30, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
A French lawyer on Saddam Hussein's defense team called...
A French lawyer on Saddam Hussein's defense team called the Iraqi penal code "Stone Age" legislation and said it was ill-suited to address the ousted Iraqi president's case
- JUNE 29, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain greeted the new Iraqi government that...
Hands Off Cain greeted the new Iraqi government that took power on June 28, two days before the scheduled handover from coalition authorities led by the US
- JUNE 20, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could face the...
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could face the death penalty if he is convicted of war crimes, the head of the Iraqi tribunal due to try him said
- JUNE 11, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iyad Allawi, Iraq's newly appointed prime minister...
Iyad Allawi, Iraq's newly appointed prime minister planed to resurrect domestic intelligence services and consider reinstituting the death penalty as ways to combat the country's persistent lawlessness and violence
- JUNE 6, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Justice minister Malik Dohan al-Hassan said Iraq was...
Justice minister Malik Dohan al-Hassan said Iraq was to restore the death penalty after the return of sovereignty later in the month
- JUNE 6, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Bringing back the death penalty after the handover...
Bringing back the death penalty after the handover of power by the Coalition Provisional Authority to a new Iraqi government on June 30 "is not the best way to present the new Iraq to the world," HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia said
- MAY 23, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the British Foreign Office slipped...
It was reported that the British Foreign Office slipped out a warning that the UK would boycott the upcoming trial of Saddam Hussein if there was any risk of the former dictator being put to death
- MAY 20, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Umbrella exile Iranian opposition party, the National...
The Umbrella exile Iranian opposition party, the National Council of the Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said that some 3,800 members of its Iraq-based military wing, the People's Mujahideen, must not be extradited to Iran, where they would face torture and ex