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
- APRIL 23, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Commission adopted...
The United Nations Human Rights Commission adopted a resolution by roll-call vote of 31 in favour to none against and 22 abstentions, (E/
- APRIL 5, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi Communist Party accused Iraqi President Saddam...
The Iraqi Communist Party accused Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's government of executing 122 prisoners
- MARCH 22, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Clashes between tribal gunmen and the emergency forces...
Clashes between tribal gunmen and the emergency forces and detachments of Fida'iyin ended in the city of Rumaythah in southwestern Iraq with the execution of 14 gunmen corned by Saddam's forces
- MARCH 9, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The exiled Iraqi Communist Party accused President...
The exiled Iraqi Communist Party accused President Saddam Hussein's government of killing 58 prisoners held in solitary confinement, burying the bodies of 14 convicted of "political charges" at al-Zahedi cemetery south of Baghdad, and handing over the bod
- MARCH 6, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The architect Hasib Aslan who designed Saddam's living...
The architect Hasib Aslan who designed Saddam's living quarters in Tikrit, Hillah and A'zamiyah, was arrested and imprisoned in Harithiyah prison, where he was executed on the charge of disclosing secret information on Saddam's palaces
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The regime executed some 25 Republican Guard officers
The regime executed some 25 Republican Guard officers
- FEBRUARY 1, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A number of Iraqi officers and soldiers, charged with...
A number of Iraqi officers and soldiers, charged with having contacts with Iraqi opposition, were executed at army Division Four headquarters
- JANUARY 27, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Iraqi Communist Party said that Iraqi...
The opposition Iraqi Communist Party said that Iraqi authorities had executed 26 political prisoners in a Baghdad jail and that 13 people had died in a detention centre near Baghdad from torture and poor conditions
- JANUARY 26, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi Higher Council, one of the opposition factions,...
The Iraqi Higher Council, one of the opposition factions, said in a statement received by `Ukaz' (Saudi Newspaper) that the Iraqi regime aborted a coup attempt by a number of army officers led by Staff Brig-Gen Salim Ali Abd al-Husayn
- JANUARY 25, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, commander of the Iraqi special...
Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, commander of the Iraqi special forces, was executed after being accused of maintaining connections with hostile parties and revealing military secrets
- JANUARY 6, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi Communist Party sources reported that Ali Hasan...
Iraqi Communist Party sources reported that Ali Hasan al-Majid, the cousin of the dictator Saddam Hussein, gave orders to set up a special military court at the headquarters of the 4th Army Corps in Imarah
- JANUARY 4, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi refugees have confirmed that government authorities...
Iraqi refugees have confirmed that government authorities executed three officers serving in the Iraqi army on charges of "treason and conspiracy"