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
- MARCH 26, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino,...
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others
- JANUARY 20, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Five thousand Shiite Muslims marched through Baghdad...
Five thousand Shiite Muslims marched through Baghdad demanding the execution of Saddam Hussein
- JANUARY 5, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
The new chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council, Dr...
The new chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council, Dr Adnan Pachachi, said that executing Saddam Hussein would be meaningless