government: federal parliamentary republic

state of civil and political rights: Not free

constitution: ratified on 15 October 2005

legal system: mixed legal system of civil and Islamic law; has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration

legislative system: unicameral Council of Representatives of Iraq (Majlis an-Nuwwab al-Iraqiyy or COR)

judicial system: Federal Supreme Court or FSC (consists of 9 judges); Court of Cassation (consists of a court president, 5 vice presidents, and at least 24 judges); Courts of Appeal (governorate level); civil courts, including first instance, personal status, labor, and customs; criminal courts including felony, misdemeanor, investigative, major crimes, juvenile, and traffic courts

religion: Muslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 61-64%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4% (2015 est.)

death row: at least 6000, as of Decmber 2017 according the UN Committee for Human Rights. On 30 December 2016, the Justice Ministry disclosed that there are about 300 death-convicts are in Iraqi prisons, but the execution verdicts were not implemented till now.

year of last executions: 0-0-0

death sentences: 0

executions: 0