endstream endobj 3403 0 obj<>/Size 3391/Type/XRef>>stream 0000003392 00000 n Iraqi law permits the death penalty against adults for a range of crimes, including offenses under the counterterrorism law. Iraq acceded to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1994 and to the two CRC optional protocols in 2008. �b=�p��#��v�^mV}x�n^��]V�f������~��q��� �!� L߅�T�l��>�(��9i�N��� ���H���/"mҶ��)"]�ye�P���(AS.uHfEl���*�i[eѕ��1�S�N��:�ko�̴��LMʲ�h�3�AQbdD{���8�܎h��vZY;�t:1�ȧt��AT�=��U�����lq���|�X��F7�!�$*�#[#�2�e�MW��q��W� .��f1Rr����:��W�ay [3] 27 people, including one woman, were executed by the Iraqi government on September 6, 2006, for high crimes against civilians. CPA Memorandum 3 on Criminal Procedure (revised, signed 27 June 2004). 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Inconsistent with the definition of trafficking under international law, the anti-trafficking law required a demonstration of force, fraud, or coercion to constitute a child sex trafficking offense and therefore did not criminalize all forms of child sex trafficking. Iraqi families perceived to have ISIS affiliation, usually because of family name, tribal affiliation, or area of origin, were often denied security clearances required to obtain identity cards and all other civil documentation. Muhammad Sadeq Al-Hashemi, the President of the Iraq Research Center, said in a June 7, 2020 interview on Al-Masar Al-Oula TV (Iraq) that according to Islamic law, homosexuals are punished by decapitation by sword, by being tied up and thrown down a rugged mountain, or by being burned alive. endstream endobj 3392 0 obj<>/Outlines 448 0 R/Metadata 605 0 R/PieceInfo<>>>/Pages 583 0 R/PageLayout/OneColumn/OCProperties<>/StructTreeRoot 607 0 R/Type/Catalog/LastModified(D:20060124102056)/PageLabels 581 0 R>> endobj 3393 0 obj<>/PageElement<>>>/Name(HeaderFooter)/Type/OCG>> endobj 3394 0 obj<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/ExtGState<>>>/Type/Page>> endobj 3395 0 obj<> endobj 3396 0 obj[/ICCBased 3401 0 R] endobj 3397 0 obj<> endobj 3398 0 obj<> endobj 3399 0 obj<>stream Iraqi forces have forcibly moved more than 235 families to camps over several weeks for alleged family ties with Islamic State, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports. [13] He was the fourth and final man to be executed for the 1982 crimes against humanity on March 20, 2007. International Sources of Defendant's Rights. Local laws and customs Iran is a Muslim country in which Islamic law is strictly enforced. [4] On January 19, 2012, 34 people were executed in a single day. Iraq on Sunday reinstated its capital punishment law for people guilty of murder, endangering national security and distributing drugs, the government said. x�b```b``)b`2"x�(�� � �`��`6P�c�I� #� 2``d�� RHZ�gH���q�ϟ��⬸���� K꒿�]����V�ߤ?sϖ��#����I 5��?Y9�3~ȨW�M�mo�]��{f�T��;�Y1��_P�\ �е��]�o����_"�sp�ޞ�P�r^��+�,;ã�:��e����3��w�"���?V����=ߋ����?��/��6���� %��w�Nx~����������qv��&��`���±�+���/U����ۧ���iW������g���&ش,����۞��o–z�2Ń��{�Dm��ɿ��6�q�����)�숲��(���� 9A��r&�����;�l���!B`0{���`��ٳ`���Q�p�03�2p��Yt���U��[@�G�ᔎC�A��F&���L���TIX� ����L�FQ#,*C="��a1�� �TFnw�s�ff���9�T|��r� X$�c���zRJXT��u�ҁA�f�R[� f�|edn!��'�dL������qO(�q�5�B5����Ov�� L?�L0��� executed.4 Although international law prohibits capital punishment of juveniles, Iraq’s Prime Minister has indicated that detainees as young as 16 may be eligible for capital punishment.5 The rapid pace of these trials—some as brief as 10 minutes with a conviction rate of around 98 percent6—has raised concerns about due process. It is worth noting UNAMI have recently reported that whilst Iraqi Ministry of Justice has reinstated capital punishment on convictions for terrorism under the Terrorism Law No 13 of 2005, Article 5 of this Law does allow for pardons from the death penalty or … 0000002559 00000 n [23], "Scores face execution in Iraq six years after invasion", "Capital Punishment in Iraq Seen Simply As Death, Not Justice", "Iraq's execution of 34 people in one day 'shocking' – UN human rights chief", "Iraq hangs 42 convicted on terrorism charges", "PM of Iraq orders immediate execution of convicted terrorists", "Inside the Iraqi courts sentencing IS suspects to death", "Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging", "Saddam Hussein Hanging Video Shows Defiance, Taunts and Glee", AP: Saddam’s half brother and ex-official hanged, Second death sentence for Iraq's 'Chemical Ali, Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' gets 3rd death sentence, "Saddam Hussein's Henchman Chemical Ali Executed", "Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former aid, sentenced to hang in Iraq for crimes against humanity", "Tariq Aziz, ex-Saddam Hussein aide, dies after heart attack", "Saddam's deputy PM Tariq Aziz gets 15-year prison sentence", "U.S. turns Saddam's half-brothers over to Iraq", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capital_punishment_in_Iraq&oldid=1017413469, Articles with dead external links from November 2016, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 April 2021, at 16:24. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Iraq. The status of women in Iraq at the beginning of the 21st century is affected by many factors: wars (most recently the Iraq War), sectarian religious conflict, debates concerning Islamic law and Iraq's Constitution, cultural traditions, and modern secularism. [14], At the Anfal genocide trial, Saddam's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid (aka Chemical Ali), former defense minister Sultan Hashim Ahmed al-Tay, and former deputy Hussein Rashid Mohammed were sentenced to hang for their role in the Al-Anfal Campaign against the Kurds on June 24, 2007. The years of war and violent conflict have subjected women to increased violence. Place an immediate stay on all executions and impose a moratorium on any further death sentences and further extensions of the All corporal punishment was prohibited by a law in 2014 which came into force in January 2016. 3391 0 obj <> endobj �ꇆ��n���Q�t�}MA�0�al������S�x ��k�&�^���>�0|>_�'��,�G! <<67FFD471E45D2A4493D47B2CF721B099>]>> Dismissal is a permitted punishment for limited infractions, but there are strict limitations on its use. 0000007099 00000 n The only reference to this offense in Iraqi domestic law was made in Law Number 10 of 2005 and in its predecessor 2003 statute. This version of Penal Code was amended on 14 March 2010. Since then more than 270 people have been sentenced to death and at least 100 people have reportedly been executed. [11], By contrast, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, the head of the Mukhabarat, Saddam's security agency, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge, were executed on January 15, 2007, also by the long drop method, but Barzan was decapitated by the rope at the end of his fall indicating that the drop was too long, relative to his body weight. n�3ܣ�k�Gݯz=��[=��=�B�0FX'�+������t���G�,�}���/���Hh8�m�W�2p[����AiA��N�#8$X�?�A�KHI�{!7�. z\�z�n�i��!�i�9��sx��9��sx�=�����sx��9 X�1\ 0000000016 00000 n [19], On October 26, 2010, Saddam's top minister Tariq Aziz was sentenced to hang for persecuting the members of rival Shi'a political parties. endstream endobj 3400 0 obj<> endobj 3401 0 obj<>stream Prohibition is still to be achieved in the home, alternative care settings, day care, schools and penal institutions. %PDF-1.4 %���� Murder in Iraq can carry a death sentence but under laws that activists say are far too lenient for so-called “honor killings,” the father was jailed … The people involved should be killed in the worst, most severe way of killing". As the dust from the years of ISIS occupation settles in a still damaged and bleeding Iraq, Baghdad has sentenced thousands of convicted Iraqi nationals and … Iraqi security personnel have officially taken over all security for the Green Zone. [15] Al-Majid was sentenced to death three more times: once for the 1991 suppression of a Shi'a uprising along with Abdul-Ghani Abdul Ghafur on December 2, 2008;[16] once for the 1999 crackdown in the assassination of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad al-Sadr on March 2, 2009;[17] and once on January 17, 2010 for the gassing of the Kurds in 1988;[18] he was hanged on January 25. There were no executions Women are attacked for not wearing hijab (head covering) and for walking with or talking to unrelated males. United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Yemen) nations officially view homosexuality as a crime punishable by death. This restricted their freedom of movement, right to education, and right to work, as well as access to welfare benefits and birth and death certificates needed to inherit property or remarry. �� *D�����}x?�p�����Z��u|2��Q+-�4�>����"0 ��.4�zh�_c���� Speculation as to why this population is hidden includes the controversial nature of homosexuality, religious extremism, regional differences in accepted sexual practices, and even international politics. Iraqi law states that no person over the age of 70 can be executed. By that date a total of 132 people had been executed in 2013. 0 7, Penal Code of 2003 that suspended the Third Edition of the 1969 Iraqi Penal Code with amendments (also attached). Qur’an clearly spells out the related law.” There is no crime or punishment except by law. Denial of security clearances also blockedsuch families from making claims to the commissions establi… The Punishment for Adultery is 100 Lashes Abdullah Tariq from the Islamic Voice shares the actual religious rules on adultery, “The penalty for adultery is not stoning to death unless he is a hardened and habitual sinner who is a perpetual disturber of peace of the society. There is a guaranteed right to appealon all such sentence… The laws are also found in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Asia-pacific region, European countries (16%), and the Americas (29%). Islamic State tightens modesty laws for women IS terrorists tell women: Don full-face veils, cover hands and feet, wear loose clothing, don't wear perfume, or face punishment. escaping his punishment by marrying his victim. This is the ‘revised’ version from the CPA archive website. Although international law prohibits capital punishment of juveniles, Iraq’s Prime Minister has indicated that detainees as young as 16 may be eligible for capital punishment.5 The rapid pace of these trials – some as brief as 10 minutes with a conviction rate of around 98 percent6 – has raised concerns about due process. Paul Bremer made some amendments to both the Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code of 1971. I see two possibilities about what happened. This shall be regulated by law. 0000000592 00000 n Convention on the Rights of the Child. [9], Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity[10] on November 5, 2006, and was executed on December 30, 2006 at approximately 6:00 a.m. local time. The landmark bill formally recognizes the Yazidi genocide and the trauma of sexual violence, but the community still faces grave security concerns and missing men, women and children. 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