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Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq

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Chief administrative authority of the Iraqi judiciary

Supreme Judicial Council
مجلس القضاء الاعلى
Emblem of Iraq
Formation	2005; 20 years ago (2005)
Headquarters	Green Zone,Baghdad, Iraq
President	Faiq Zaidan
Website	sjc.iq

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TheSupreme Judicial Council of Iraq (SJC;Arabic:مجلس القضاء الأعلى) is the highestadministrative authority responsible for the affairs of thejudiciary of Iraq.^[1] It is headed by the President of the Court of Cassation, Chief JusticeFaiq Zaidan.^[2]

Composition

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The Supreme Judicial Council is composed of:^[3]

President of theCourt of Cassation^[a]
Vice-Presidents of the Court of Cassation
Chief Prosecutor
President of the Judicial Supervisory Authority
Presidents of the Courts of Appeal
Presidents of the Judicial Councils of thefederal regions

Responsibilities

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The Supreme Judicial Council Law (Law No. 47 of 2017) grants the Council the following authorities:

Managing the affairs of judicial bodies.
Proposing the annual budget of the federal judiciary and submitting it to the Council of Representatives for approval.
Nominating the members of the Federal Supreme Court from among the judges.^[b]
Nominating the President of the Federal Court of Cassation, its judges and the head of the Judicial Supervisory Authority and sending the nominations to the Council of Representatives for approval.
Nominating those eligible for appointment as Vice President of the Federal Court of Cassation, President of the Federal Court of Appeals, and Vice President of the Judicial Supervisory Commission, and sending the nominations to the Council of Representatives for approval.
Nominating those eligible for appointment as judges and sending the nominations to the Presidency of the Republic to issue a republican decree.
Promoting judges in the federal courts, transferring them, assigning them, reassigning them, and managing their career affairs in accordance with the law.
Extending the service of judges and retiring them in accordance with the law.
Formation of judicial bodies and committees in the federal courts.
Proposing draft laws related to the affairs of the federal judiciary.
Ratifying judicial treaties and following up on their implementation in coordination with the Ministry of Justice.
Forming the Judicial Affairs Committee in accordance with the law.

Notes

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^The President of the Supreme Judicial Councilex officio^[4]
^Following the amendment of the Supreme Court Law in 2021, the Chief Justices of the Supreme Judicial Council, Supreme Court, Judicial Supervisory Commission and Public Prosecutor’s Department were granted the authority to nominate and instate the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The amendment also includes a clause that allows the bypassing of the President of the Republic, granting the aforementioned Chief Justices complete autonomy in this matter.^[5]

References

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^"مجلس النواب العراقي – الموقع الرسمي للدورة النيابية الخامسة".
^"President of SJC" (in Arabic). Supreme Judicial Council.
^"The Judicial System" (in Arabic). Supreme Judicial Council.
^Supreme Judicial Council Law No. 45 of 2017
^Federal Supreme Court Law Amendment (Law No. 25 of 2021)

External links

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Official website (Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq)

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