http://www.gjpi.org Following the S.J. Quinney College of Law's Iraq Project Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:54:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en GJPI is fortunate to publish for the first time online the comprehensive decisions of the Shura Council for 2006, 2007, and 2008. http://www.gjpi.org/2010/03/07/recent-state-shura-council-decisions/ In 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. The primary recommendations were to: Re-establish a moratorium on the death penalty with the view to abolishing it Bring all de facto detention ... http://www.gjpi.org/2010/03/06/human-rights-council%e2%80%99s-universal-periodic-review-of-iraq/ We are fortunate that Professor Wasfi al-Sharaa of Basra University has permitted us to publish his research paper on the treatment of Torture in the Penal Code No. 111 of 1969. Article 333 of the Penal Code states: Any public official or agent who tortures or orders the torture of an accused, ... http://www.gjpi.org/2010/03/05/treatment-of-torture-in-the-penal-code-no-111-of-1969/ We are fortunate that Professor Wasfi al-Sharaa of Basra University has permitted us to publish his research paper on Statements of Dying Victims. Article 216 of the Criminal Procedure Code No. 23 of 1971 states that: The court may accept the statement of a dying victim as evidence relating to the offence ... http://www.gjpi.org/2010/03/05/statements-of-dying-victims/ The State Shura Council, under the patronage of HE Minister of Justice Judge Dara Nooreddine and with the assistance of GJPI, organized a successful legislative drafting symposium that brought together for the first time prominent officials and staff from the key institutions involved in legislative drafting. Head ... http://www.gjpi.org/2010/03/02/major-legislative-drafting-symposium-brings-together-key-iraqi-institutions/ The 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 ... http://www.gjpi.org/2010/02/28/election-posters-vandalised-in-baghdad/ Middle 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 ... http://www.gjpi.org/2010/02/28/proof-against-barred-iraq-candidates-to-be-released/ Dr Bushra Al-Aubaidi of Baghdad University College of Law has kindly permitted us to publish her research (in Arabic) on gender discrimination in Iraqi Society and in the Penal Code No. 111 of 1969. http://www.gjpi.org/2010/02/22/discrimination-against-women-in-iraqi-society-and-the-penal-code-no-111-of-1969/ We 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 ... http://www.gjpi.org/2010/02/20/combating-prostitution-law-no-8-of-1988/ A candidate for election to the Council of Representatives must be an Iraqi (Article 49(2) of the Constitution) who is not permitted to combine the office with any work or other official position (Article 49(6)). Article 6 of the Election Law No. 16 of 2005 states that: A candidate must be ... http://www.gjpi.org/2010/02/20/qualification-of-parliamentary-candidates-a-comparison/