Statutes
NB a number of the laws and translations on this page are versions of the laws as originally enacted rather than as amended. Some versions are shown with amendments up to a certain date but no further. Please do not rely upon these laws as accurate and up to date.
Draft Laws
- DRAFT Federal Supreme Court Law
- DRAFT Higher Judicial Council and Amendment to Federal Supreme Court Laws
- CoR Electoral Law Amendment (2009 - vetoed by the Presidency Council)
Enacted Laws
- Amnesty Law 19 of 2008 from the Iraq Slogger site
- Civil Code 40 of 1951 - taken from a 1990 text and not incorporating any subsequent amendments
- Civil Procedure and Actions Law No. 83 of 1969 (as enacted - unamended)
this was subsequently amended by the Civil Evidence Law No. 107 of Year 1979 - Commercial Agency Guide including Law 51 of 2000 & Regs & Instr & Arabic
- Commercial Code 30 of 1984
- CoR Electoral Law (2005) (English) العربية
- CoR Electoral Law No. 26 of 2009 (Amendment to Electoral Law No. 16 of 2005) (English) العربية
- Criminal Procedure Code 23 of 1971 up to date to 26 June 2009
- Explanatory Memo - this was published in the Official Gazette alongside the Criminal Procedure Code and although not part of the law, is used as a reference point by lawyers and judges
- Election Law on Publication in the Official Gazette
- Election State Shura Council Law No. 65 (1979) (Articles 1-8)
- Federal Budget Law 1 of 2006
- Formation of Regions Law 13 of 2008
- The Governorates, Districts and Sub-Districts Election Law 36 of 2008
- Judicial Organisation Law No 160 of 1979 as amended up to 2001. Subsequent amendments not included.
- KRG IKP Electoral Law (1992)(English) Consolidated with all amendments العربية
- Labor Code 71 of 1987 unamended
- Law of Governorates not Organised into a Region Law No 21 of 2008
- Law of the High Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Resolution 10 of 2005 translated by the International Center for Transitional Justice
- Law of Implementing Foreign Decisions Directive No 21 of 1928 (Arabic)
- Law of the Independent High Electoral Commission
- Law of the High Iraqi Criminal Tribunal No 10 of 2005. This is the revised law which replaced the original Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity, Law No. 1 of 2003
- Law of Transportation 80 of 1983 pt 1
- Law of Transportation 80 of 1983 pt 2
- Municipality Law
- National Safety Law 3 July 2004
- Official Gazette Publication Law No. 78 of 1977
- Penal Code Law 111 of 1969 updated to January 2010
- Personal Status Code 188 of 1959 with Amendments
from the ABA website - Kurdistan Region of Iraq Political Parties Law
- Press Law in the Kurdistan Region
- Public Prosecution Law 159 of 1979 as amended to January 2010
- Shura Council Law No. 65 of 1979 Articles 1 to 8
- Ratification of the UN Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: Law 666 of 1986
- Real Estate Registration Law 34 of 1971
- Regulation of Trade Law 20 of 1970
- Supreme National Commission of Accountability and Justice Law 10 of 2008 (English) ( العربية )
- Tourism Law 14 of 1996
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime website contains some Iraqi laws on narcotics
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