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
- MARCH 31, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report...
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report on human rights conditions world-wide
- MARCH 23, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Seven members of Iraq's ruling Ba'th Party were executed...
Seven members of Iraq's ruling Ba'th Party were executed on the order of President Saddam Hussein's cousin and the commander in the south, Ali Hasan al-Majid
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations...
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations and disappearances in Iraq make up the chilling content of The death penalty and more under Saddam Hussein, a dossier compiled by Hands Off Cain released in Rome
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed...
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed in the Abu Ghraib prison in the first reported prison 'cleansing' campaign in 1984
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed...
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed that two Iraqi doctors living in the UK fled their homeland after being ordered by Saddam Hussein to help commit atrocities against his own people
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
February 11
February 11
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Brayati, the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party newspaper,...
Brayati, the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party newspaper, reported that the regime had established execution and shooting committees at border points along Kurdish controlled areas in case soldiers should try to escape or should refuse to fight if a war br
- FEBRUARY 2, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi government abolished several penalties from...
The Iraqi government abolished several penalties from its statute books, including Decree 115 of 1994 stipulating ear amputation for army deserters and Decree No 313 of 1984 imposing capital punishment for anyone convicted of smuggling foreign currency
- JANUARY 29, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge...
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of any scientists seen cooperating with UN arms inspectors
- JANUARY 23, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq's Revolution Command Council [RCC] issued a decree...
Iraq's Revolution Command Council [RCC] issued a decree stipulating that any person who commits theft as stated in Penal Code No 11 of 1969, using weapons in wartime, shall be executed
- JANUARY 22, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Six Iraqi women who said they or their families were...
Six Iraqi women who said they or their families were brutalised by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship called for the Iraqi leader to be indicted for war crimes, and said regime change was the only way to save their desperate nation
- JANUARY 1, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in force in the Iraqi legal...
The death penalty has been in force in the Iraqi legal system since 1921, following the foundation of the Iraqi State (1920), its field of application has been extended since the taking of power by the Baath party in 1968 and since 1979, the year marking