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
- JULY 18, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The US military said it had discovered a mass grave...
The US military said it had discovered a mass grave near Mosul, in northern Iraq, containing up to 400 bodies
- JULY 5, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The remains of about 300 people, believed to be Kurdish...
The remains of about 300 people, believed to be Kurdish victims of the deposed regime of Saddam Hussein, were found in a mass grave seen in northern Iraq by an AFP correspondent
- JULY 1, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Three new mass graves were discovered in Iraq containing...
Three new mass graves were discovered in Iraq containing the corpses of more than 3,000 Kurds, the Al-Sabah newspaper reported
- MAY 14, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Iraqi villagers discovered a mass...
It was reported that Iraqi villagers discovered a mass grave containing the remains of several thousand people apparently put to death by Saddam Hussein's regime
- MAY 11, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Iraqis marched in central Baghdad to commemorate...
Hundreds of Iraqis marched in central Baghdad to commemorate the deaths of relatives they believe were executed under Saddam Hussein
- APRIL 13, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Salem Hussein Hasan al-Salami, an Iraqi convicted of...
Salem Hussein Hasan al-Salami, an Iraqi convicted of smuggling hashish, was publicly beheaded by sword in the northern Saudi city of Arar
- APRIL 6, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Deserters from the Iraqi army said they were beaten...
Deserters from the Iraqi army said they were beaten by their superiors and one said he saw 10 fellow soldiers executed by a commander, according to a Human Rights Watch report
- APRIL 2, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
"In their latest crime against the peoples of Iraq,...
"In their latest crime against the peoples of Iraq, the dictatorial Iraqi regime has shot 96 soldiers
- MARCH 31, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report...
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report on human rights conditions world-wide
- MARCH 23, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Seven members of Iraq's ruling Ba'th Party were executed...
Seven members of Iraq's ruling Ba'th Party were executed on the order of President Saddam Hussein's cousin and the commander in the south, Ali Hasan al-Majid
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations...
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations and disappearances in Iraq make up the chilling content of The death penalty and more under Saddam Hussein, a dossier compiled by Hands Off Cain released in Rome
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed...
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed that two Iraqi doctors living in the UK fled their homeland after being ordered by Saddam Hussein to help commit atrocities against his own people