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
- AUGUST 11, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI OFFICER GETS DEATH FOR KEROSENE SMUGGLING
the Iraqi Integrity Commission said in a statement that the Salaheddin criminal court sentenced an interior ministry lieutenant colonel, a former deputy commander of an oil protection unit in Salaheddin province, to death for smuggling 116 tankers of kero
- AUGUST 2, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY FOR IRAQ CHURCH ATTACK
an Iraqi court sentenced three unidentified men to death for their role in the October
- JULY 20, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ STAYS EXECUTIONS OF TWO FORMER SADDAM OFFICIALS
Iraq stayed the execution of two of Saddam Hussein’s top military officials.
- JULY 19, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES IRAQ TO HALT SADDAM-ERA EXECUTIONS
Amnesty International called on Iraqi authorities to halt the upcoming executions of five top officials from Saddam Hussein's regime.
JULY 19, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: QAEDA CHIEF NAMED SADDAM HUSSEIN TO HANG
A local Al-Qaeda leader – named Saddam Hussein – was sentenced to hang by a
JULY 16, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: LAWMAKERS AGAINST EXECUTION OF TOP OFFICIALS IN SADDAM REGIME
Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday called the country's presidency not to approve the execution of
- JUNE 28, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: PRESIDENCY RATIFIES DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TUNISIAN
Iraq’s Presidency ratified the death sentence against Tunisian citizen Yusri Fadhil al-Tureiqi
JUNE 16, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: COURT GIVES DEATH PENALTY TO 15 IRAQIS OVER WEDDING MASSACRE
the Criminal Court of Karkh sentenced 15 Iraqis to death penalty after they were found guilty in the massacre of 70 people at a wedding party in 2006.
- JUNE 9, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TAREQ AZIZ'S SON- END MY FATHER'S SUFFERING
Sentenced to hang in Iraq, Saddam Hussein's ex chief of diplomacy Tareq Aziz has
MAY 4, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: GOVERNMENT TO DISBAND TRIBUNAL SET UP FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN TRIAL
a special court set up to prosecute former leader Saddam Hussein and his associates
- APRIL 22, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TARIQ AZIZ APPEAL ON DEATH RULING OUT IN 2 WEEKS
the outcome of Tariq Aziz's death penalty appeal will be issued in Iraq in two weeks...
APRIL 21, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH PENALTY FOR THREE SADDAM-ERA SPIES
Iraq's High Criminal Court sentenced to death three Saddam Hussein-era spies convicted of assassinating the father of a sitting Iraqi lawmaker in Beirut in April 1994.