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
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. KURDISTAN PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR USING DEATH PENALTY
in the 4th ordinary session of the Kurdistan parliament in Iraq, chaired by the parliament Deputy Speaker, the Kurdistan parliament unanimously voted for the resumption of capital punishment in the Kurdistan Region.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 27 ‘TERRORISTS’ EXECUTED IN BAGHDAD
Iraq executed 27 "terrorists" convicted by Iraqi courts of killings and rapes in several provinces. The 27 were executed in Baghdad, the government's media office said in a brief statement. It did not provide any further details.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. IRAQI EXECUTED FOR DRUG DEALING
Saudi Arabia executed Muhammad Bin-Shalal Bin-Farhud al-Shammari, an Iraqi man convicted of trafficking heroin in the strict Muslim kingdom.
- JULY 31, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. HANGING WILL BE SADDAM'S DEATH PENALTY IF CONVICTED – PROSECUTOR
if the death penalty against Hussein was executed, it would be hanging until death and not by a shooting squad, said Jaafar Al-Mosawi, chief prosecutor of the trial of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. "It is a civil court not a military one," said
- JULY 26, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM OPTS FOR FIRING SQUAD
Saddam Hussein declared he would like to be executed by firing squad rather than hanged like "a common criminal" if sentenced to death at the end of his trial for genocide.
- JULY 21, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
VATICAN CITY. VATICAN OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR HUSSEIN
the Vatican demanded that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein not be sentenced to death
- JULY 5, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. PM MALIKI SAYS HOPES SADDAM EXECUTED SOON
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he hoped former President Saddam Hussein, under trial for crimes against humanity, would be executed soon.
- JUNE 29, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 22 EXECUTIONS AND 260 DEATH SENTENCES IN TWO YEARS
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri-al-Maliki said that courts in the country had sentenced 260 people to death in the past two years.
- JUNE 27, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SAVING SADDAM FROM EXECUTION IS OPPORTUNITY FOR ITALY FOLLOWING DECISION TO WITHDRAW TROOPS, ROSE IN THE FIST
“What is the Italian government’s intention regarding the offer made by Marco Pannella for a special appointment to save Saddam from execution, and with Saddam’s life, the life of the rights and the civility which he massacred during 50 years of bloody ru
- JUNE 25, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. GIVE ME THE APPOINTMENT TO SAVE SADDAM AND HIS EVENTUAL EXECUTIONERS, PANNELLA
Marco Pannella formally asked Italy’s government to be appointed with the objective of saving Saddam Hussein from the death penalty.
- JUNE 23, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM SHOULDN'T BE EXECUTED, CARDINAL
a senior Vatican cardinal was quoted as saying that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein should not be executed because all life is sacred.
- JUNE 22, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM ON HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST LAWYER'S MURDER
deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has gone on hunger strike to protest the killing of his lawyer, his lead lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi said.