Iraq
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 20261
SENTENCES18
- 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
- JANUARY 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, economic offenses, drug...
Capital crimes are: murder, economic offenses, drug offenses and some political activities
- JANUARY 1, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
There are 6 Iraqi stowaways, 2 soldiers and 4 others...
There are 6 Iraqi stowaways, 2 soldiers and 4 others who refused to join the army, detained at a holding facility at Port Hedland in Western Australia