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
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Brayati, the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party newspaper,...
Brayati, the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party newspaper, reported that the regime had established execution and shooting committees at border points along Kurdish controlled areas in case soldiers should try to escape or should refuse to fight if a war br
- FEBRUARY 2, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi government abolished several penalties from...
The Iraqi government abolished several penalties from its statute books, including Decree 115 of 1994 stipulating ear amputation for army deserters and Decree No 313 of 1984 imposing capital punishment for anyone convicted of smuggling foreign currency
- JANUARY 29, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge...
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of any scientists seen cooperating with UN arms inspectors
- JANUARY 23, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq's Revolution Command Council [RCC] issued a decree...
Iraq's Revolution Command Council [RCC] issued a decree stipulating that any person who commits theft as stated in Penal Code No 11 of 1969, using weapons in wartime, shall be executed
- JANUARY 22, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Six Iraqi women who said they or their families were...
Six Iraqi women who said they or their families were brutalised by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship called for the Iraqi leader to be indicted for war crimes, and said regime change was the only way to save their desperate nation