The Spokesman for the Iraqi government, Bassem Al-Awadi, said in an official statement that "the Iraqi government reviewed the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued on June 27, 2024, which devotes his follow-up to the implementation of the death penalty against terrorists convicted according to the applicable Iraqi law, against whom final judicial rulings have been ratified. He added: In order to formulate a comprehensive, unpartitioned, clear and transparent picture in the field of law enforcement, and to take into account human rights in all stages of legal and executive procedures, in addition to independent judicial procedures, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani directed the formation of a committee consisting of the Minister of Justice, the Prime Minister's Advisor for Human Rights and the Head of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a representative of the Presidency of the Republic, a representative of the Public Prosecution, and a representative of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee as an observer, to prepare the official documented response of the government to what was stated in the High Commissioner's report, and to clarify all angles related to the information contained therein, and the sources from which the report drew its conclusions, including the overlapping time periods of the executed judicial rulings, which are not covered by the report in its paragraphs.
He continued: The government has adopted the path of implementing human rights principles, and adopting humanitarian standards in enforcing justice and implementing rulings in accordance with the law based on divine justice, and what our society has approved through its constitutional legislative institutions, and we have continued with this principle, despite the extent of the crimes committed by terrorism against our people, and despite the brutal attacks that claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, and set an unprecedented example of sophistication in crime and shedding the blood of the defenseless.
He stressed: The choice to adhere to human rights principles is a legitimate, moral and legal choice, which was confirmed in the government program, through a set of executive procedures, directives and applications that strengthened the rule of law, supported the right of the accused to defend themselves, the right of the victims and the general right of society to retribution according to the law. / End
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