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 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
- MAY 5, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On May 5, UK Foreign Office Minister Derek Fatchett...
On May 5, UK Foreign Office Minister Derek Fatchett during a visit to Jordan said that reports of recent executions and Shiite unrest were signs of President Saddam Hussein's weakening grip on power
- APRIL 20, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On 20th April, London-based newspaper Al-Hayat, citing...
On 20th April, London-based newspaper Al-Hayat, citing a source in the "Constitutional Monarchist Movement," reported the Iraqi authorities' execution of Ja'far al-Sayyid Jawad and the arrest of members of his family
- APRIL 14, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On April 14, 58 political detainees were executed in...
On April 14, 58 political detainees were executed in the notorious Abu Ghurayb prison, said the Iraqi Communist Party's Human Rights Center in another statement faxed to Reuters in Cairo on 20 July
- APRIL 6, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On April 6, the Iraqi Public Security Directorate announced...
On April 6, the Iraqi Public Security Directorate announced that 4 men were executed for the killing of Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, a prominent Shiite Muslim spiritual leader and his sons Mustafa and Mua'mal in the holy city of Najaf last February