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, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 3442 DETAINEES WITH TERRORISM CHARGES RELEASED IN NOVEMBER, 2014
Federal Legislative Authority announced today the release of 3442 detainees for terrorist charges, who
NOVEMBER 26, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS EXECUTES TWO FEMALE PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES FOLLOWING SHARIA DEATH SENTENCE
“ISIS gunmen executed two former female candidates in Mosul after the Sharia Court issued death sentence
- OCTOBER 22, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: KURDISTAN PARLIAMENT LAW COMMITTEE, ‘A FINAL DECISION MUST BE TAKEN ON THE DEATH PENALTY’
The head of the Law Committee in Kurdistan Parliament, Valla Farid, told BasNews that there should be
OCTOBER 19, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH PENALTY FUELS VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY, SAYS U.N. REPORT
the United Nations said Iraq should stop its widespread use of the death penalty, which is unjust, flawed
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: IS MILITANTS KILL LEADING IRAQI FEMALE HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER
Islamic State (IS) militants publicly killed a leading lawyer and human rights defender in the Iraqi city of
- AUGUST 22, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: ISIS MILITANTS STONE MAN TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY IN MOSUL
JULY 30, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SHI'ITE MILITIA HANGS UP 15 EXECUTED SUNNIS IN SQUARE
Iraqi Shi'ite militia forces executed 15 Sunni Muslims and then hung them from electricity poles in a public
JULY 12, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SECURITY FORCES ACCUSED OF EXECUTING PRISONERS
A rights group has said Iraqi security forces and Shia militia members have been involved in executing at
- MAY 28, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: SEVEN ‘TERRORISTS’ SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY
Babel’s Criminal Court sentenced 7 men to death on terrorism charges, a source said to IraqiNews.com.
MAY 17, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: ISIL MILITANTS EXECUTE TWO KURDISH MEN NEAR ALEPPO
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executed two Kurdish civilians in the town of Deir Hafer in
APRIL 15, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MORE THAN 600 IRAQIS EXECUTED IN 4 YEARS
The Iraqi justice ministry has executed more than 600 "terrorists" in the past four years, the Iraqi justice
- APRIL 7, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ CARRIED OUT DEATH SENTENCE ON CONVICTED OF TERRORIST CHARGES
The Iraqi authorities carried out death sentences against two convicted of "terrorist” charges as their court