Iraqi Legal Database

Below is an overview of the online search for legal texts on Iraq (as of September 2022). The overview is intended to facilitate the search for legal texts, but does not replace the independent review of the timeliness, validity and correctness of laws. Please also note that official translations of legal texts are rarely available. 10. The President of the Court of Cassation may be appointed by vote on the proposal of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, provided that he is appointed Vice-President of the Court of Cassation and that he exercises this function for a period of two years. The nominee must be sent to the House of Representatives to vote in favor of approving his nomination. If approved, the Chief will issue an Order in Council on the appointment. There is no duration or limited duration for this position, but it falls below the legal retirement age of (63) years and can be extended to (68) years at his request and with the agreement of the Supreme Court (the President of the Court of Cassation automatically becomes the President of the Supreme Court, because the law stipulates: that the President of the Supreme Court is the President of the Court of Cassation). The Criminal Code currently in force in Iraq was adopted in 1969 and is numbered 111. A valid version of the penal code can be found in the Iraqi legal database, indicating that the law has been amended. The Act is accompanied by commentaries with amendments up to 2003. However, it is not clear whether the amendments have been incorporated into the legal text.

Some Iraqi legal texts can be found on Natlex, a portal of the International Labour Organization (ILO): Prior to joining Al Tamimi, Ali worked on analyzing and researching gaps in Iraq`s legal framework for investment, particularly in Iraq`s international obligations. 7. The transition between the different grades (4th to 3rd), (3rd to 2nd) or (2nd to 1st) requires a period of 5 years during which the judge must discuss and research a particular legal issue. The Official Gazette of the Government of Iraq (al-waqa`i al-iraqiya), which publishes laws and amendments, is available on the website of the Iraqi Ministry of Justice. The Official Journals are chronological and numbered, but there is no search function. The page can be accessed via the following link: The Kurdistan Centre for International Law publishes on its website a document compiled by GJPI of the text of the law in the version applicable to the Kurdistan Region (including amendments up to February 2010): The Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq maintains the Qa`ida tashri`at al-iraqiya, a legal database that claims to have access to all laws and decrees. adopted in Iraq since 1918. The database can be accessed via the following link: In the Refworld database of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), you will find English translations of some legal texts using the following search query: Judicial decisions are not binding in Iraq and there is no reliable database of jurisprudence in Iraq. It is fair to say that these legal restrictions are not clearly aimed at the day-to-day processing of business data, but such provisions could be used to challenge the use or disclosure of information. The written consent of the individual is generally accepted as a basis for legitimizing the processing of this information.

2. Have at least 3 years of experience in the practice of law (lawyer, investigator or employee) after graduation. The Kurdistan Regional Government has issued its own amendments to the Personal Status Law, which apply only to the Kurdistan Region. These are contained in Law No. 15 of 2008 implementing the amended Civil Status Law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The Supreme Council for Women`s Affairs of the Kurdistan Regional Government has published an English version of the law on its website: An English translation of the Penal Code with amendments up to March 2010 can be found on Refworld: There are no requirements for a contract between a controller and a processor. Refworld provides an Arabic version of the Civil Status Law of 1959 with amendments up to 1999: To access the collection of national laws for Iraq on ecoi.net, please follow this link. There are no specific provisions for the processing of children`s data. In each court, there is a labour court that consists of a judge and two representatives representing the workers, and they are not judges. He specialized in labour-related matters. Once the case has been submitted to the Presidium of the Prosecutor General, the case must be examined by all judges working in the Prosecutor General of the Presidium, and each judge must express his opinion by a vote before the Court of Cassation, approving the Court`s judgment or refuting the Court`s judgment. Well, the role of the Criminal Commission expanded to the Court of Cassation (it includes most of the members of the Court of Cassation) that the judges will see all execution judgments within 3 months, and at the end of the month the President of the Court of Cassation will hold a meeting to discuss the judgment of the Court and the request of the Attorney General.

And after the discussion, there is a vote to approve the verdict or to refute or change it. Is the highest judicial and administrative body in Iraq, and there is a court in each of the (15) provinces of Iraq, with the exception of Baghdad, which has a total of two (16) courts of appeal in Iraq (with the exception of the provinces of Kurdistan, due to the independent judicial system in the region). The head of the court is considered the head of the judiciary of the province and a member of the Superior Council of the Judiciary. Family law issues for the majority Muslim population in Iraq are mainly governed by the Personal Status Act No. 188 of 1959. The Global Justice Project Iraq (GJPI) published a translation of the 1971 Code of Criminal Procedure in October 2010, with amendments until March 2010: Ali`s recent experience includes advising on the choice of non-Iraqi law, drafting construction, energy and other contracts, and advising on such disputes. An amendment to the 2016 Code of Criminal Procedure can be found on the website of the Ministry of Justice: It should be noted that not all articles of the Criminal Code apply in the Kurdistan Region. Article 121(1) of the Iraqi Constitution gives the regional parliament (with exceptions) the right to enact its own laws.