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
OCTOBER 26, 2022IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ANTI-REGIME ACTIVIST'S KILLING
An Iraqi court has sentenced a man to death over the 2019 killing of an activist who had taken part in anti-government protests that year, the judiciary said on 25 October 2022.
- OCTOBER 9, 2022IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: SUSPECT IN KILLING YAZIDI MAN, DAUGHTER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DUHOK
A court in Duhok on 5 October 2022 sentenced the suspect in the killing of a Yazidi man and his six-year-old daughter to death following a relatively swift hearing session during which the defendant admitted to the murders.
MAY 31, 2022IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: COURT SENTENCES ISIS PLOTTER OF 2021 BAGHDAD MARKET BOMBING TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on 30 May 2022 sentenced to death an ISIS group member convicted of plotting a 2021 bomb attack that killed 32 people in a crowded Baghdad market.
APRIL 27, 2022IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ‘TERRORIST’ SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DHI QAR
The Dhi Qar criminal court on 25 April 2022 issued a death sentence against a ‘terrorist’, a security source reported.
FEBRUARY 15, 2022IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: POLICE OFFICER, INFORMANT SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DEADLY OPERATION
An Iraqi court sentenced to death on 13 February 2022 a police officer and an informant over a deadly operation in December that left 20 people from the same family dead.