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 28, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DIYALA COURT SENTENCES IS MEMBER TO DEATH OVER ASSISTING SUICIDE ATTACKERS IN BLASTS
Diyala Criminal Court issued two death sentences against a terrorist for transferring suicide attackers who blew up themselves in the province.
- DECEMBER 16, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTY
KURDISH PARLIAMENT ISSUES AMNESTY: CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW GET 15 YEARS IN PRISON
The Kurdistan parliament has decided in a majority vote to issue an amnesty to those on death row, reducing their sentence to a mere 15 years in prison, excluding those convicted of serious criminal charges.
- DECEMBER 14, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANGS 38 SUNNI MILITANTS IN MASS EXECUTION: JUSTICE MINISTRY
Iraq hanged 38 Sunni Muslim militants after they were sentenced to death on terrorism charges, the justice ministry said in a statement.
NOVEMBER 3, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SENIOR ARMY COMMANDER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISIS
The Iraqi supreme military court sentenced to death by firing squad a former commander of Iraqi Army in Nineveh Province, Iraqi news agencies reported.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTY
HANGING OF 42 PRISONERS IN IRAQ RAISES CONCERN OVER FLAWED DUE PROCESS – UN RIGHTS CHIEF
The mass hanging of 42 prisoners on September 24 in a prison in southern Iraq raises massive concerns over the country's use of the death penalty, the UN human rights chief said.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ CARRIES OUT DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST 42 TERRORISTS IN DHI QAR
Iraqi Justice Minister carried out death sentences against 42 terrorists imprisoned at al-Hout prison in Dhi Qar province
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: ISIS FOREIGN FIGHTER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Russian national convicted of being an ISIS fighter has been sentenced to death by a criminal court in Baghdad, Iraq's High Judicial Council announced.
AUGUST 27, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISLAMIC STATE’S ‘CHEMICAL EMIR’ SENTENCED TO DEATH
Baghdad Iraq’s Central Criminal Court sentenced a prominent Islamic State chemical warfare developer to death, convicting him of developing some of the group’s deadliest weapons.
- MARCH 30, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTY
Man stoned to death for being gay by IS
30 March 2017: the Islamic State (IS) group militants executed a prisoner by stoning to death before throwing him off the roof of a high-rise building in Iraq's Mosul after discovering his sexuality.
MARCH 26, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: BAGHDAD COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH OVER LINKS TO ISIS HACKING
An Iraqi criminal court has sentenced a man to death on terrorism charges over links to secretive Islamic State (ISIS) hacking programs.
- JANUARY 31, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: SYRIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FINANCING ISLAMIC STATE
Iraq’s judiciary sentenced a Syrian national to death, finding him guilty of financing Islamic State militants.
- JANUARY 25, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TWO ISIL MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Kirkuk criminal court judge sentenced two ISIL militants to death, Brig. Sarhad Qadir, Kirkuk Suburban Police Chief, told Millet Press.