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
- 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
- MARCH 21, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On March 21, about 180 Iraqis were executed in Basra's...
On March 21, about 180 Iraqis were executed in Basra's al-Sabkhah suburb, and 56 others were executed in the province's security prison on March 23, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution, an Iran-based leading dissident group, reported on April 1
- MARCH 13, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, the Iraqi Public Security Directorate...
On March 13, the Iraqi Public Security Directorate announced that Muhammad Khudayyir Abbas, Abbas Khudayyir Abbas, Jasim Khudayyir Abbas, Haqqi Isma'il Abd Radi, Basim Abbas Abd Abbas, Abd Ali Mahdi Hassun, Abd al-Razzaq Hasan Mani and Faysal Ni'mah Husay
- FEBRUARY 18, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On February 18, the Revolution Command Council (RCC)...
On February 18, the Revolution Command Council (RCC) issued Decree No
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
In February, 23 people accused of murder and theft...
In February, 23 people accused of murder and theft were executed
- JANUARY 4, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
In mid-January, Col
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- JANUARY 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or...
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions said that reports continue to be received concerning the execution of hundreds of political prisoners detained in penitentiaries through the country
- JANUARY 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
In January, 106 political detainees were killed in...
In January, 106 political detainees were killed in three mass executions in Abu Ghurayb prison near Baghdad, the Iraqi Communist Party accused in a statement faxed to Reuters in Cairo on April 19