(International protection of the right to vote in Iraq )

Abstract

      The rights that are among the rights of peoples according to their constitutions is the right to choose their representatives or who heads the state. Either the system of government is presidential, parliamentary, or semi-parliamentary, and as a result, it is a right as long as the state is moving towards building democratic constitutional institutions, and this happened in Iraq after 2003 and with the advent of A system of government based on the constitution of 2005 despite the many observations on the Iraqi constitution, and thus the protection of this right is entrusted to the laws of the state from the legislation as well as the laws inferior to it, but if the state has requested to monitor the elections according to what it wants, then this is by entering international law including There are international rules that allow such monitoring or protection, but this protection cannot be imposed by international law or by someone who represents international law. Therefore, in this research, we examined the aspects through which the right to vote in Iraq can be protected internationally, and is this possible legally, and does Iraqi legislation allow With that protection, and what is the international legal basis for that protection in Iraq.