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    Governance, constitution and law

    The Role of e-government in combating financial and administrative corruption in Iraq

    Mustafa Al-Saray - Director of the Political Studies Department at Al-Bayan Center Maha Zainal - Trainee researcher at Al-Bayan Center Corruption is a phenomenon that extends unlimited, leaving only a State and prolonging it. No society has been spared from corruption. This phenomenon did not differentiate between a developed and a...

    Building Iraqi political parties according to the Parties Law No. (36) of 2015: “A Critical View”

    Mustafa Al-Saray - Political Studies Department, Al-Bayan Centre Party life in Iraq began with the formation of the Iraqi state in 1920, and the first start of the founding of the parties was the promulgation of the Political Parties Act of 1922. and then divided into five main groups, such...

    Iraq’s position according to Good Governance Indicators: Obstacles and Solutions

    Ali Abdul Rahim al-Aboudi: Faculty of political science / Al-Nahrain University Since the establishment of the Iraqi state in 1921, Iraq has been living in a clear impasse and confusion, except for some stagnant periods, it is living in a political impasse, due to the lack of a clear definition...

    Minorities in the electoral law: Has the quota been emptied of its content?

    Abdulaziz Alawi al-Issawi is an academic and researcher specializing in electoral affairs Countries grant quotas to social groups that they believe will not get what suits their weight and history in elections, to ensure proportional representation of social components in power. Some countries grant quotas to minorities, others grant them to...

    Emerging forces and electoral law: Options to avoid the Sainte-Laguë equation

    Abdulaziz Aliwi Al-Essaawi: An academic specializing in electoral affairs. Introduction: Talking about electoral laws other than a proportional representation with the Sainte-Laguë mechanism is no longer viable in the current stage after the Council of Representatives passed on March 20, 2023, the third amendment to the law of elections of the...

    Optimal electoral system from the point of view of Iraqis (Opinion poll)

    Ahmed Khudair Hussain - Director Department of Social Studies, Al Bayan Center for Studies and Planning. Introduction Iraq has experienced multiple electoral systems in past years, characterized by some of the problems that accompanied each election cycle; In 2020, the Iraqi Council of Representatives made some amendments to the Electoral Code,...

    Iraq’s electoral systems and party preferences: (The controversy of the recent election law)

    Nabeel Jabbar al-Ali - researcher Disputes have returned in Iraq over the content of the electoral law regulating the process of holding parliamentary elections earlier. The demands first came from the protest arenas at the end of 2019, expressing part of their demands to reject the context followed in the...

    Positive and negative aspects of Iraq’s accession to The Hague Convention for the unification of the texts of private international law

    Nasrin Qahtan Abdul Razzaq-researcher and academic Introduction This research paper discussed the pros and cons of joining The Hague Convention on private international law in a comprehensive and concise manner, while presenting a set of proposed recommendations at a time when Iraq is seeking to regulate various international relations by developing...

    Towards a fair electoral system in Iraq by taking advantage of the Japanese experience

    Abdulaziz Aliwi al-Issawi Introduction It is no longer feasible to talk about the application of an electoral system that does not guarantee results in Iraq after the tremors that have hit the political arena in recent years, as it has become necessary to search for an electoral system that is commensurate...

    Political implications of federal court decisions: The crisis of the center and the territory (the renewal of the crisis threatens the “state administration”)

    Alaa Al-Hamdani-Iraqi researcher The decision of the federal court, which ruled on the twenty-sixth of January 2023 that (6) decisions of the previous government headed by Mustafa al-Kazemi (2020-2022) were invalid, sparked a wide political controversy after this decision ruled that the transfer of funds to the Kurdistan region was...