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A constitution for Iraq, commentaries: |
Presentation, by
Chibli Mallat
At 4:20 am, on March 1, 2004, the Iraqi Governing Council agreed unanimously on
what was being discussed as the "Administrative Law for the Interim Period",
described since as "the interim Constitution".
This website section, which will be autonomous as soon as the discussion
gets enriched with historical and current material for the debate, features some
of
the press coverage surrounding the agreement, and offers background texts to
enrich the ongoing discussion for the future of Iraqi democracy. |
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Chronology
End June, Early July 2004- Debate on new government and on UN SCR 1546
What to do
in Iraq, 8 June 2004
To Hoshyar Zebari,
on UN SCR, (Arabic
version), 5 June 2004
La
résignation d'Adnan Pachachi, 2 JUne 04
Again deploy
human rights monitors, 21 May 2004
March 11, 2004,
text of reservations, by Shi'i IGC
members released
March 8, 2004,
Interim Constitution approved
March5-6, 2004,
Ratification
problems: Shi'i members of the Iraqi Governing Council request
change key dispositions,
(al-Hayat)
March 2, 2004, Massive bomb killings
against mourners
March 1, 2004, Interim Constitution
announced (press reports)
8 March 2004,
Blasts as Iraqi politicians sign interim
constitution
Iraq council
signs delayed interim constitution
1 March 2004,
Council agrees Iraqi interim constitution
Iraqi council agrees
on terms of interim constitution
Council agrees
Iraqi interim constitution
Iraqis agree basic
law draft
Early commentaries on the interim constitution
11
March 2004,
East meets west, at least on paper
10
March 2004,
Possible deadlocks
9
March 2004,
A political reading |
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Background Material (Relevant
Iraqi documents)
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The 15
November 2003 Agreement
- The Nasiriyya
(15 April 2003) and Baghdad
(28 April 2003) resolutions
- The March 1974 agreement on the autonomy of
the Kurdish region
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Interim
Constitution (1970)
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The
Constitution of 1925
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US constitution in Arabic.
This is a translation by Suleyman Faidi,
dated 1922, useful for the rending of constitutional concepts in
the Arabic of the time (underlined or circled here). Faidi was a
leading Sunni lawyer from Basra, author of numerous books and
studies, including informative Mamoirs on the liberal Iraqi age.
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Relevant UN Resolutions
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