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 14, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR SLAUGHTERING RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT
An Iraqi court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for involvement in slaughtering a Russian diplomat in 2006, an Iraqi judicial official was quoted as saying.
APRIL 22, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING POLICEMEN
An Iraqi court sentenced two terrorists to death over killing a number of policemen and other informers.
- APRIL 19, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO ISLAMIC STATE 'JUDGE'
An Iraqi court has given the death penalty to a man who acted as a legislative judge in Mosul for the Islamic State (IS) when the group was in control of the city, said a judicial spokesman.
APRIL 18, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MORE THAN 300 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR IS LINKS
Iraqi courts have sentenced to death a total of more than 300 people, including dozens of foreigners, for belonging to the Islamic State group, judicial sources said.
APRIL 17, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 4 FOREIGN WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING IS
An Iraqi court sentenced four foreign women to death and three to life in prison for joining the extremist militant group Islamic State (IS), the Iraqi judiciary said.
APRIL 16, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 13 PEOPLE EXECUTED, INCLUDING 11 FOR ‘TERRORISM’
Iraq executed 13 people including 11 convicted on charges relating to "terrorism", the justice ministry said.
- APRIL 9, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: SEVEN KEY ISLAMIC STATE LEADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON GENOCIDE CHARGES
An Iraqi court sentenced seven key Islamic State (IS) leaders to death as they were found guilty of killing scores of innocent people in Nineveh.
APRIL 2, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: BAGHDAD SENTENCES SIX TURKISH ISIL WIDOWS TO DEATH
Iraq sentenced six Turkish women to death and a seventh to life in prison after being convicted on charges of terrorism, including providing support to ISIL operations.
- MARCH 21, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: MORE THAN 3,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ALLEGED TERROR LINKS
Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to the Islamic State group or other terror-related offenses, and sentenced more than 3,000 of them to death, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
MARCH 8, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: IS LEADER'S SISTER SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF TERROR CHARGES
The sister of Islamic State's leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi has been convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to death.
FEBRUARY 25, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 16 TURKISH WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DAESH MEMBERSHIP
A court in Iraq has sentenced 16 Turkish women to death over membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in acts of terror across the conflict-ridden Arab country.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SENTENCES TURKISH WOMAN TO DEATH, 11 OTHERS TO LIFE
A court in the Iraqi capital sentenced to death a Turkish woman and 11 other foreign widows to life in jail for belonging to the Islamic State.