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
MARCH 19, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: BELGIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BELONGING TO ISLAMIC STATE
An Iraqi court sentenced a Belgian man to death by hanging on 18 March 2019 for being part of the Islamic State militant group.
MARCH 15, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH PENALTY FOR EX-EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR’S KIDNAPPERS
Iraqi court sentenced to death the two kidnappers of the ex-Egyptian ambassador Ihab al-Shareef in Baghdad.
MARCH 12, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 3 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BOMBING SHIITE SHRINE IN BAGHDAD
An Iraqi court has sentenced three men to death by hanging over detonating an explosive charge at a Shiite religious shrine in Baghdad.
MARCH 11, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SHRINE BOMBING
An Iraqi court has sentenced two men to death by hanging for their involvement in a suicide bomb attack at a religious shrine in the central province of Salahudin.
FEBRUARY 13, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 6 BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING ISLAMIC STATE
An Iraqi criminal court has sentenced six brothers to death by hanging for joining the Islamic State (IS) terror group, IraqiNews.com reported on 12 February 2019.
JANUARY 8, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AL-KARKH CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES TO DEATH A TERRORIST WHO WAS ARRESTED IN POSSESSION OF AN EXPLOSIVE BELT AND TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT ANOTHER
Al-Karkh Criminal Court issued two sentences to death and to life for two convicted of affiliation to terrorist organizations...
- JANUARY 1, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTY
On April 9, 2003 Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime was overthrown by a US-led military coalition.
On April 9, 2003 Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime was overthrown by a US-led military coalition.