the Kurdistan Iraq Regional Government Justice Minister, Faruq Jamil

the Kurdistan Iraq Regional Government Justice Minister, Faruq Jamil said "the current situation in Kurdistan and Iraq, where there is an increase in terrorist acts and organised crime, makes it necessary to retain the death penalty, until the country returns to security and stability." He was speaking at a meeting with the delegation of UNAMI (UN Assistance Mission for Iraq), which monitors the state of human rights in Iraq.
During its visit, the delegation and the responsible Kurdish officials examined the level of human rights in the autonomous region for an itemised report that will be presented to the government. Jamil explained that "the death penalty is an extreme and tough sanction which requires reflection, but at the present moment we need it because Iraq is subject to terrorist attacks and mass crime." He pointed out that "the application of this punishment in Kurdistan is a lot less than other countries that also have the death penalty in their penal code."
A press release sent by the Minister’s office affirmed that "the Justice Minister discussed the contents of the eagerly anticipated report on the situation of human rights and regional jails with the delegation." During the consultation, the minister "underlined the improvement that has taken place in the conditions of Kurdish detainees, the closure of the majority of non Government jails, like that of the Democratic Kurdish Union, and an increase in medical and psychological care and legal protection in all regional jails."
The UNAMI organisation publishes a report on the situation of human rights in Kurdistan and Iraq every three months, with the aim of monitoring violations and verification of facts. In the past few months the regional government came out against various published reports that revealed a critical situation in the defence of human rights.