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 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 3, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former...
In an interview with Radio Free Europe Iraqi former secret police officer Captain Khalid Sachit Al-Janabi said he had witnessed the execution of 2,000 Iraqi dissidents in one day at the Abu Ghraib prison
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
According to the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's...
According to the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's Rights, an Australian organisation, more than 200 women were executed in a three week period
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report from the British Foreign Office claimed that...
A report from the British Foreign Office claimed that the Iraqi government was systematically violating the human rights of its citizens
- OCTOBER 14, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The UN's human rights special rapporteur for Iraq,...
The UN's human rights special rapporteur for Iraq, Andreas Mavrommatis, reported that on May 22 he had asked for "clarification and details" to the Iraqi government of allegations that 122 men had been executed between February 3 and March 9 of this year
- OCTOBER 2, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi sources said that authorities executed eight...
Iraqi sources said that authorities executed eight prisoners on charges of forming an opposition organization and defacing several murals depicting Iraqi President Saddam Husayn
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Ghassan al-Atiyah and Mustafa al-Ani were sentenced...
Ghassan al-Atiyah and Mustafa al-Ani were sentenced to death in absentia on charges of "meeting Israelis" during a meeting that was held in Cairo in August to examine the prospects of the peace process
- AUGUST 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the...
A report issued by the Centre for Human Rights of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) in Irbil stated that seven employees of the Central Computers Department in Baghdad had been executed
- AUGUST 1, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A London based Iraqi newspaper claimed that Baghdad's...
A London based Iraqi newspaper claimed that Baghdad's military court "carried out the execution of five navy officers holding different ranks who were convicted of stealing more than 200 kg of silver used in equipment that operates anti-missile missiles"
- JULY 8, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Brig-Gen Sa'ud Khalil al-Hindi, an officer in the Iraqi...
Brig-Gen Sa'ud Khalil al-Hindi, an officer in the Iraqi Army and member of the well-known Al-bu-Hindi Family in the city of Jalula in the Diyala Governorate, was executed on charges of "conspiracy against the state security and life of Iraqi President Sad
- JUNE 9, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian national was executed after pleading guilty...
A Jordanian national was executed after pleading guilty of spying on the Iraqi regime
- MAY 17, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi authorities executed Shaykh Ali al-Ka'bi, imam...
Iraqi authorities executed Shaykh Ali al-Ka'bi, imam of the Al-Muhsin Mosque in Al-Thawrah (Saddam) City at the Directorate-General of Security in Baghdad