The Kurdistan News Agency reported on 24 March 2010 that the Integrity Committee [actually the Commission on Integrity] organized on Wednesday [24 March 2010] under the auspices of the Joint Anti-Corruption Council a conference to launch a national strategy against corruption under the banner of “national strategy to combat corruption, guidelines to face corruption at […]
Read MoreIn February 2010 the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva conducted its periodic review of Iraq. The Iraqi Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim attended the periodic review working group session.
Read MoreThe streets of Iraq’s cities are festooned with election posters. Yahoo! News suggests that not everyone is taking the election campaign overly seriously. The Star Tribune reported on 20 February 2010 about vandalism to some election posters since the election campaign began. Another excellent photo slideshow which only tangentially touches on the forthcoming election is […]
Read MoreThe streets of Iraq’s cities are festooned with election posters. Yahoo! News suggests that not everyone is taking the election campaign overly seriously. The Star Tribune reported on 20 February 2010 about vandalism to some election posters since the election campaign began. Another excellent photo slideshow which only tangentially touches on the forthcoming election is […]
Read MoreMiddle East Online on 28 February 2010 reported that Ali al-Lami had stated that evidence supporting the decision of the Justice and Accountability Committee’s (JAC) to declare a number of candidates as being subject to the deBa’thification law, which in turn led them to be barred by the Independent High Electoral Commission from Iraq’s March […]
Read MoreWe have translated the Combating Prostitution Law No. 8 of 1988 (arabic). It provides for stiff penalties against those organising male or female prostitutes and a regime by which the prostitutes themselves can be rehabilitated. Subsequent Revolutionary Command Council Resolutions which are still in force substantially increased the penalties for those convicted of organising or […]
Read MoreWe have translated the Combating Prostitution Law No. 8 of 1988 (arabic). It provides for stiff penalties against those organising male or female prostitutes and a regime by which the prostitutes themselves can be rehabilitated. Subsequent Revolutionary Command Council Resolutions which are still in force substantially increased the penalties for those convicted of organising or […]
Read MoreAs the campaigning for the election on 7 March 2010 begins, the Washington Post reported that on Thursday 11 February 2010, the Panel of members of the Court of Cassation had released its judgments on the appeals of those determined by the Commission for Accountability and Justice to be covered by the Deba’thification law (and […]
Read MoreAs the campaigning for the election on 7 March 2010 begins, the Washington Post reported that on Thursday 11 February 2010, the Panel of members of the Court of Cassation had released its judgments on the appeals of those determined by the Commission for Accountability and Justice to be covered by the Deba’thification law (and […]
Read MoreWe have translated the Law No. 10 of 2008, taken from the original on the Council of Representatives website. The International Centre for Transitional Justice published a briefing paper on the 2008 Law on 22 January 2008.
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