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 3, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
A Kurdish source said the military authorities in Baghdad...
A Kurdish source said the military authorities in Baghdad executed an army major-general, Tariq Sa'dun, a relative of the incumbent Interior Minister Muhammad Zimam Abd-al-Razzaq
- MARCH 1, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Three officers in the Iraqi air forces, Sa'eed 'Abd...
Three officers in the Iraqi air forces, Sa'eed 'Abd al-Majid 'Abd al-Ilah, Fawzi Hamed al-'Ubaidi and Fares Ahmad al-'Alwan, were executed by firing squad
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The US State Department branded Iraqi President Saddam...
The US State Department branded Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime and the military government in Burma as some of the world's most repressive
- JANUARY 14, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Baghdad have released hundreds of prisoners...
Authorities in Baghdad have released hundreds of prisoners who were sentenced to death and life imprisonment for murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and rape
- JANUARY 13, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
A special source reported that the Baghdad regime executed...
A special source reported that the Baghdad regime executed a large number of strugglers in Makasib prison and buried their bodies in a graveyard near Baghdad international airport
- JANUARY 4, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Two Iraqi army generals, Ossama Hassan al-Yawer, brother...
Two Iraqi army generals, Ossama Hassan al-Yawer, brother of a former finance minister, and Taleb al-Saadun, a senior military official of the Baath party, were executed
- DECEMBER 19, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of a...
President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of a new group of senior Iraqi army officers from the city of Mosul
- DECEMBER 14, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Saddam Hussein ordered the public beheading of dozens...
Saddam Hussein ordered the public beheading of dozens of men and women suspected of being pimps and prostitutes, human rights' groups claimed As many as 100 were thought to have been executed and the heads of some of the victims were tied to their own fro
- DECEMBER 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 3, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former...
In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former secret police officer Captain Khalid Sachit Al-Janabi said he had witnessed the execution of 2,000 Iraqi dissidents in one day at the Abu Ghraib prison
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
According to the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's...
According to the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's Rights, an Australian organisation, more than 200 women were executed in a three week period
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report from the British Foreign Office claimed that...
A report from the British Foreign Office claimed that the Iraqi government was systematically violating the human rights of its citizens