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 2, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: COP SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PROTESTERS
An Iraqi court sentenced a police officer to death on 1st December 2019 after convicting him of killing demonstrators, in the first such sentence in two months of deadly civil unrest.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 6 IS MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2013 CAR BOMB ATTACK
An Iraqi court on 23 September 2019 sentenced six Islamic State terrorists to death by hanging for their involvement in a deadly car bomb attack near the country’s Justice Ministry in 2013, leaving scores of people dead and wounded.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 100 PRISONERS EXECUTED SINCE JANUARY, 8,000 ON DEATH ROW
More than 100 individuals have been executed in Iraq since January, with a staggering 8,000 more on death row, according to Iraq's UN-approved human rights body.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 11 IS JIHADISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR INVOLVEMENT IN KILLING SECURITY FORCES
An Iraqi court has sentenced 11 members of the so-called Islamic State terrorist group to death by hanging for their involvement in the killing of three security forces in Babil governorate in 2014, the media center of the Supreme Judicial Council said in
JULY 26, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING ISLAMIC STATE
An Iraqi court has sentenced two men to death after finding them guilty of joining the Islamic State group, a judicial council said.
JUNE 28, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DAESH MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING, KILLING YAZIDIS
The Niniveh Criminal Court in northern Iraq has sentenced one person to death for belonging to Daesh and taking part in the kidnapping and murder of Iraqi citizens from the Yazidi religious minority.
- JUNE 9, 2019FranceDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ OFFERS TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES OF FRENCH ISIL MEMBERS FOR 'MILLIONS OF EUROS'
Iraq is reportedly demanding money from France in return for commuting death sentences passed on 11 French jihadists to life imprisonment, according to the conservative newspaper Le Figaro.
JUNE 6, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ALL 11 FRENCH IS SUSPECTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Baghdad court on 3 June 2019 sentenced to death two more French nationals for belonging to the Islamic State group, leaving all 11 Frenchmen transferred from Syria facing the gallows in Iraq.
JUNE 4, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: NINTH FRENCH JIHADI SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on 2 June 2019 sentenced to death one more Frenchmen for joining the Islamic State armed group, bringing the total to nine.
- JUNE 3, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: EIGHTH FRENCH IS MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on 2 June 2019 sentenced to death an eighth Frenchman for joining the Islamic State group, rejecting his claims he was tortured into confessing.
- MAY 30, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: 7TH FRENCHMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR IS MEMBERSHIP
A Baghdad court sentenced a Frenchman to death on 29 May 2019 for joining the Islamic State group, bringing to seven the number of French jihadists on death row in Iraq.
- MAY 30, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TUNISIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BELONGING TO ISIS
An Iraqi court on 29 May 2019 sentenced 24-year-old Tunisian Mohammed Berriri to death for joining IS, after a hearing lasting less than an hour.