On 16 March 2009, GJPI hosted the Legal Advisors to the Presidency Council and the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs team from the US Embassy. Judge Ameer Al-Shamary, Director General of the Presidency Council Legal Directorate, Dr. Munif Al-Shamary, Legal Advisor to VP Tariq Hashimi, Judge Mrs. Nawal, Legal Assistant to Judge Ameer, Ms. Meelad Baythoon, […]
Read MoreThe Shura Council is currently presided over by Judge Ghazi Al-Janabi who met with GJPI on Tuesday 17 March 2009. The Shura Council is comparable with the Conseil D’Etat in France. As presently constituted, the Shura Council comes under the aegis of the Ministry of Justice. A replacement to be known as the State Council, […]
Read MoreThe United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has maintained a permanent Iraqi field mission since 2004. Iraqi and American staff in Baghdad and Washington implement projects aimed at: 1. Promoting reconciliation and moderation; 2. Strengthening governance and civil society; 3. Giving the next generation a stake in peace and stability; and 4. Facilitating positive international […]
Read MoreProfessor Chibli Mallat delivered a lecture on ‘the message of Najaf to the world’ at the Al-‘Alamayn Advanced Studies Institute in the holy city on Saturday 14 March 2009. Professor Mallat spent the weekend as the guest of Ayat Allah Muhammad Bahr al-‘Ulum in Najaf, where he spoke about how the past and future were […]
Read MoreDr Sallama Al Khafaji and Sheikh Fateh Kashif Al-Getta generously hosted GJPI , Constitutional and Legislative Affairs (US Embassy) and Dean Ali Al-Rufaie for lunch on 12 March 2009. Sheik Fatah Kashif Al Ghetta is the director of the Al-Thaqalayn Center for Strategic Studies. His wife, Dr. Sallama Al Khafaji, a former member of both […]
Read MoreOn March 11 2009, Dr Lateef Rashid, Minister of Water, generously invited the Global Justice Project to dinner at his home with Judge Dara Nur al-Din, Minister of Justice. By coincidence, this was the day on which Abd Hammoud, a former resident of the house, was sentenced by the Iraq High Tribunal (which sentenced Saddam […]
Read MoreOn March 11 2009, Dr Lateef Rashid, Minister of Water, generously invited the Global Justice Project to dinner at his home with Judge Dara Nur al-Din, Minister of Justice. By coincidence, this was the day on which Abd Hammoud, a former resident of the house, was sentenced by the Iraq High Tribunal (which sentenced Saddam […]
Read MoreOn Thursday 12 March 2009, Muntadar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi television journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush in December 2008, was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court. The prosecution changed its request to the court and instead of assault of a foreign head of state contrary to Article 223 of […]
Read MoreWe have put together a list of Members of the Government and Legislature 2003 to date. We will endeavor to keep this updated and hope that it is of general assistance.
Read MoreSecondary legislation is also referred to as delegated or subordinate legislation. There are various forms of secondary legislation in Iraq. Under the Constitution, Article 51 requires the Council of Representatives to make bylaws regulating its work. Article 73(7) gives the President (Presidential Council in the first Parliament) the power to issue Presidential Decrees. Article 80(3) […]
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