Okab A. M. Protection of minorities under Iraq's 2005 Constitution
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Abstract
the issue of minorities is of great importance in the countries of the world, especially those
with populations of multiple nationalities. This issue has dimensions that are at the heart of the
security and stability of States. The issue of minorities being subjected to oppression has become a
matter of fact, which has made minority protection an important issue. The danger of narrowing the
minority is that it weakens its belonging to the country in which it lives and resorts to neighboring
countries with a geographical reach to the minority, feeding it separatism. Many minorities have ties
and extensions that transcend the internal sphere of the State by virtue of their ethnic, linguistic or
religious affiliation with other countries of similar characteristics, and the importance of the topic is
that the lack of protection of minorities in the State would allow for external intervention under the
pretext of defending minorities. Iraq is one of the countries with multiple nationalities, religions and
sects, which requires us to study the subject of a large building. The Constitution of Iraq came into
force in 2005 and contains many texts that provide protection to minorities, not to mention judicial
protection of minorities in this field
