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 9, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
A former Iraqi ambassador accused of embezzlement is...
A former Iraqi ambassador accused of embezzlement is in hiding in Austria to avoid a possible death penalty at home, according to the magazine Profil
- DECEMBER 4, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving...
The UN Third Committee concluded session by approving draft resolutions on human rights in Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo
- NOVEMBER 25, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi authorities were reported to have secretly...
The Iraqi authorities were reported to have secretly executed nine pro-Syrian members of the Baath Party in October
- NOVEMBER 25, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi government executed 15 Kurdish oppositionists...
The Iraqi government executed 15 Kurdish oppositionists in Kirkuk
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi Communist Party Human Rights Office said...
The Iraqi Communist Party Human Rights Office said that in a savage Nazi way to eliminate detainees at dictator's prisons, the executioner, Qusay Saddam Husayn, supervised the execution of 15 detainees at the Gas Chamber
- NOVEMBER 14, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's...
At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's general debate on human rights, Canadian delegate Gilbert Laurin said that the Iraqi Government continued to show complete disregard for the rights and dignity of its citizens
- NOVEMBER 12, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur at the UN Third...
Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur at the UN Third Committee, expresses `grave concern' about human rights situation in Iraq
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen Iraqis were recently executed and buried in...
Fifteen Iraqis were recently executed and buried in a mass grave on the outskirts of Kirkuk city near Tobzawa camp on charges of opposing the ruling regime, an opposition group said
- NOVEMBER 7, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
An Iraqi opposition leader living in London said that...
An Iraqi opposition leader living in London said that two officers in Iraq's special security intelligence unit tried to kill Saddam Hussein's son in October within the presidential palace grounds in Baghdad
- OCTOBER 29, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Four pilots were reportedly executed in the Muthanna...
Four pilots were reportedly executed in the Muthanna air force base near Baghdad
- OCTOBER 24, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq's citizens face arbitrary execution, religious...
Iraq's citizens face arbitrary execution, religious persecution, torture and forced relocation, a United Nations human rights expert revealed in a report
- JULY 10, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Kyodo news agency reported that Iraq, for the first...
The Kyodo news agency reported that Iraq, for the first time in over a decade, said in a news report it was willing to have a dialogue with the U