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
MAY 18, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO MAHDI ARMY FIGHTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
an Iraqi provincial court sentenced two members of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's
- MAY 3, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: 12 PEOPLE EXECUTED
12 people were hanged in Iraq. There had been no executions in the previous 18 months.
- APRIL 8, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
RADICALS: INTERROGATION TO THE GOVERNMENT ON 128 IRAQIS AT RISK OF EXECUTION
the Radical parliamentarians joining the Democratic Party (PD), the first signatory being
- MARCH 30, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI GAYS SENTENCED TO DEATH FACE EXECUTION
more than 100 prisoners in Iraq are facing execution, many believed to have been convicted of the ‘crime’ of being gay, the UK-based Iraqi-LGBT group revealed.
MARCH 17, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: GOVERNMENT URGES EXECUTION OF SADDAM-ERA OFFICIALS
Iraq's government called on the presidential council to ratify the death sentences against former officials from Saddam Hussein's regime so that the punishments can be carried out.
- MARCH 12, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IN IRAQ, 128 FACE EXECUTION IN BATCHES OF 20, REPORTS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Amnesty International called for the immediate intervention of Iraq's Justice Minister to stop the execution of 128 prisoners on death row, amid reports that the authorities are planning to start executing in batches of up to 20 starting next week.
- MARCH 11, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TWO DEATH SENTENCED FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Two of Saddam Hussein's half-brothers, former Interior Minister Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan and director of public security Sabawi Ibrahim, were sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. Hussein's former foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, was convicted and
- MARCH 9, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International announced that the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council...
Amnesty International announced that the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council...
- MARCH 2, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
PANNELLA WANTS AZIZ'S ACCOMPLICES TO BE SPARED AS WELL
“We acknowledged that intervening and preventing the state assassination in Iraq of Tareq Aziz, an official
MARCH 2, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 'CHEMICAL ALI' CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR THIRD TIME
An Iraqi court condemned Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman, "Chemical Ali" Hassan
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANDS DEATH PENALTY TO 28 CULTISTS FOR ATTACKS
Twenty-eight members of a Shiite messianic cult responsible for brutal attacks on
- FEBRUARY 23, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
SUPREME CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Supreme Criminal Court in Diyala, Iraq, sentenced three people to death for murder.