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
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur at the UN Third...
Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur at the UN Third Committee, expresses `grave concern' about human rights situation in Iraq
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen Iraqis were recently executed and buried in...
Fifteen Iraqis were recently executed and buried in a mass grave on the outskirts of Kirkuk city near Tobzawa camp on charges of opposing the ruling regime, an opposition group said
- NOVEMBER 7, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
An Iraqi opposition leader living in London said that...
An Iraqi opposition leader living in London said that two officers in Iraq's special security intelligence unit tried to kill Saddam Hussein's son in October within the presidential palace grounds in Baghdad
- OCTOBER 29, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Four pilots were reportedly executed in the Muthanna...
Four pilots were reportedly executed in the Muthanna air force base near Baghdad
- OCTOBER 24, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq's citizens face arbitrary execution, religious...
Iraq's citizens face arbitrary execution, religious persecution, torture and forced relocation, a United Nations human rights expert revealed in a report
- JULY 10, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Kyodo news agency reported that Iraq, for the first...
The Kyodo news agency reported that Iraq, for the first time in over a decade, said in a news report it was willing to have a dialogue with the U
- JUNE 1, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi penal code sentences to the death penalty...
The Iraqi penal code sentences to the death penalty :- anyone attempting to murder the president (article 223)
- JUNE 1, 2001IraqDEATH 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
- APRIL 6, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that 'Abd al-Wahad al-Rifa'i...
Amnesty International said that 'Abd al-Wahad al-Rifa'i who was hanged after he had been held in prison without charge or trial for more than two years on suspicion of being in contact with the Iraqi opposition abroad
- MARCH 29, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Bekaa Criminal Court convicted an Iraqi national...
The Bekaa Criminal Court convicted an Iraqi national to death
- MARCH 14, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi Communist Party newspaper Tariq al-Sha'b said...
Iraqi Communist Party newspaper Tariq al-Sha'b said that "the despotic ruling clique executed 25 citizens, from various areas in Iraq, at Abu Ghurayb prison [south of Baghdad]
- MARCH 12, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
UN human rights expert Andreas Mavrommatis stated in...
UN human rights expert Andreas Mavrommatis stated in his 18-page report to the UN Human Rights Commission to have received credible reports of executions without trial, torture and arbitrary detention in Iraq