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
- DECEMBER 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On december: the Iraqi Communist Party accused President...
On december: the Iraqi Communist Party accused President Saddam Hussein's government of executing 54 political prisoners late in 1999
- NOVEMBER 29, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On November 29, according to informed Iraqi sources...
On November 29, according to informed Iraqi sources arriving in the Jordanian capital of Amman, Col
- NOVEMBER 19, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On November 19, the Iraqi Communist Party reported...
On November 19, the Iraqi Communist Party reported that Sharif Dafar Udah (70 years) was executed, along with his 7 sons: Husayn (44 years), Abd al-Rida (40 years), Muhammad (38 years), Hamid (36 years), Hamed (33 years), Qasim (28 years) and Wathiq (26 y
- NOVEMBER 15, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On November 15, in a draft on the human rights situation...
On November 15, in a draft on the human rights situation in Iraq (document A/C
- OCTOBER 12, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On October 12, 19 political dissidents and 104 inmates...
On October 12, 19 political dissidents and 104 inmates were executed in Abu Ghurayb prison, the Iraqi Communist Party said in a statement issued on October 25
- SEPTEMBER 22, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On September 22, 11 people were executed in Abu Ghurayb...
On September 22, 11 people were executed in Abu Ghurayb prison in Baghdad
- SEPTEMBER 20, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On September 20, 22 prisoners were executed in Abu...
On September 20, 22 prisoners were executed in Abu Ghurayb prison near Baghdad, the Iraqi Communist Party revealed on December 22
- AUGUST 10, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On August 10, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered...
On August 10, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of 26 people in a Baghdad prison, according to a statement issued by the Iraqi Communist Party's Human Rights Center on September 13
- AUGUST 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
In August, President Saddam Hussein ordered the cancellation...
In August, President Saddam Hussein ordered the cancellation of the death penalty as a punishment for political offenses "provided that this does not include bombings and terrorist operations which lead to the killing of citizens or officials
- JULY 22, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Iraq signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JULY 8, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On July 8, as reported by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq...
On July 8, as reported by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Bayan Jabr, representative of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Syria and Lebanon, said that after the haphazard arrests made in the wake of the incidents that occurred in
- JUNE 14, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On June 14, a report distributed by the opposition...
On June 14, a report distributed by the opposition Iraqi Communist Party revealed that Iraqi security organs and military forces in northern Kirkuk Governorate have received strict instructions "to use all kinds of weapons" and arrest Kurdish youths in Ki