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
- OCTOBER 14, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The UN's human rights special rapporteur for Iraq,...
The UN's human rights special rapporteur for Iraq, Andreas Mavrommatis, reported that on May 22 he had asked for "clarification and details" to the Iraqi government of allegations that 122 men had been executed between February 3 and March 9 of this year
- OCTOBER 2, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi sources said that authorities executed eight...
Iraqi sources said that authorities executed eight prisoners on charges of forming an opposition organization and defacing several murals depicting Iraqi President Saddam Husayn
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Ghassan al-Atiyah and Mustafa al-Ani were sentenced...
Ghassan al-Atiyah and Mustafa al-Ani were sentenced to death in absentia on charges of "meeting Israelis" during a meeting that was held in Cairo in August to examine the prospects of the peace process
- AUGUST 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the...
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) in Irbil stated that seven employees of the Central Computers Department in Baghdad had been executed
- AUGUST 1, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A London based Iraqi newspaper claimed that Baghdad's...
A London based Iraqi newspaper claimed that Baghdad's military court "carried out the execution of five navy officers holding different ranks who were convicted of stealing more than 200 kg of silver used in equipment that operates anti-missile missiles"
- JULY 8, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Brig-Gen Sa'ud Khalil al-Hindi, an officer in the Iraqi...
Brig-Gen Sa'ud Khalil al-Hindi, an officer in the Iraqi Army and member of the well-known Al-bu-Hindi Family in the city of Jalula in the Diyala Governorate, was executed on charges of "conspiracy against the state security and life of Iraqi President Sad
- JUNE 9, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian national was executed after pleading guilty...
A Jordanian national was executed after pleading guilty of spying on the Iraqi regime
- MAY 17, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi authorities executed Shaykh Ali al-Ka'bi, imam...
Iraqi authorities executed Shaykh Ali al-Ka'bi, imam of the Al-Muhsin Mosque in Al-Thawrah (Saddam) City at the Directorate-General of Security in Baghdad
- APRIL 23, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Commission adopted...
The United Nations Human Rights Commission adopted a resolution by roll-call vote of 31 in favour to none against and 22 abstentions, (E/
- APRIL 5, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi Communist Party accused Iraqi President Saddam...
The Iraqi Communist Party accused Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's government of executing 122 prisoners
- MARCH 22, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Clashes between tribal gunmen and the emergency forces...
Clashes between tribal gunmen and the emergency forces and detachments of Fida'iyin ended in the city of Rumaythah in southwestern Iraq with the execution of 14 gunmen corned by Saddam's forces
- MARCH 9, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The exiled Iraqi Communist Party accused President...
The exiled Iraqi Communist Party accused President Saddam Hussein's government of killing 58 prisoners held in solitary confinement, burying the bodies of 14 convicted of "political charges" at al-Zahedi cemetery south of Baghdad, and handing over the bod