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 29, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAQ FOR JUNE BOMBING
at the Rusafa criminal court in central Baghdad, Iraq, Adnan Jassim Ali al-Hamdani, Walid Mahmoud Mohammed al-Hamdani and Hawas Falah al-Juburi were sentenced to death by hanging.
- DECEMBER 14, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
RESUMPTION OF DEATH PENALTY IN IRAQ SPARKS UN CONCERN
“the resumption of the death penalty in Iraq earlier this year is a source of great concern to the United Nations”, according to the world body's latest report.
- DECEMBER 13, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SAYS 13 TO BE EXECUTED OVER BAGHDAD BLASTS
Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said that 13 people arrested for deadly bombings in Baghdad on August 19, 2008, are to be executed.
- DECEMBER 4, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: OVER 900 PRISONERS FACE EXECUTION BY NEW YEAR
Iraq is preparing to execute hundreds of prisoners, including 17 women, Amnesty International warned, as it issued an 'urgent action' appeal to try to prevent the deaths.
NOVEMBER 23, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: KILLER OF FATHER, HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH
the criminal court in Karbala, Iraq, sentenced a woman to death for killing her father and husband with the
NOVEMBER 22, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PRESIDENT TALABANI IN IRAN SEEKING KURD EXECUTION HALT
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew to Tehran to appeal for the lives of Iranian Kurds sentenced to death, a
- NOVEMBER 20, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
SUNNI LEADER IN IRAQ SENTENCED TO DEATH
Sunni leader Adil al-Mashhadani was sentenced to death, in Iraq, for terrorism according to Justice Ministry spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ PLANNING TO HANG UP TO 126 WOMEN BY YEAR'S END
Iraq is planning to execute up to 126 women by the end of this year.
NOVEMBER 2, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FIRST PUBLIC EXECUTION SINCE SADDAM HUSSEIN’S RULE
the Iraqi Government will publicly execute Muhanned al-Aweni for the murder of Muntadher al-Mussewi, 11.
NOVEMBER 2, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AL-MALIKI REJECTS STAYS OF EXECUTION FOR 1,000 PRISONERS
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ruled out granting clemency to more than 1,000 Iraqi detainees
NOVEMBER 2, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HEAD OF SADDAM’S TRIBE
five men were sentenced to death in Iraq for murdering the head of Saddam Hussein’s Sunni tribe, the
NOVEMBER 1, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY SUSPENSION
Iraq's parliament speaker called for a suspension of executions until after elections set for January, to ensure