Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
مجلس القضاء الاعلى | |
 | |
| Formation | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq |
President | Faiq Zaidan |
| Website | sjc.iq |
|
|---|
|
|
| Constitution |
 Iraq portal |
The Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq (SJC; Arabic: مجلس القضاء الأعلى) is currently a 23-member council composed of chief justices and vice-presidents of all Iraqi judicial bodies. It manages all affairs related to the judiciary of Iraq.[1] It is headed by the chief justice of the Court of Cassation, Faiq Zaidan.[2]
President
As of April 2026, the Supreme Judicial Council is composed of:[3]
Faiq Zaidan, the Chief Justice of the Court of Cassation[a]
Members
Deputy Chief Justices of the Court of Cassation
- Zaidun Sadun Bashar al-Saidi (1st)
- Najm Ahmad Abdullah Khidr al-Dulaymi (2nd)
- Kadhim Abbas Habib Ali al-Khafaji (3rd)
- Hassan Fuad Munim Raheem al-Khafaji (4th)
Chief Public Prosecutor
- Najm Abdullah Ahmad
President of the Judicial Oversight Commission
- Laith Jabr Hamzah Salman Al Hamid
Presidents of the provincial Courts of Appeal
- Ammad Khudhayr Muhammad al-Jabiri (Baghdad-Rusafah)
- Khalid Taha Ahmad Dhahir al-Mashhadani (Baghdad-Karkh)
- Adil Abdul-Razzaq Abbas al-Miyahi (Basrah)
- Raid Hameed Hussain Muslih al-Kartani (Nineveh)
- Muslim Mutib Madab al-Ammar (Babylon)
- Qassim Muhammad Sulaiman Matar al-Azzawi (Kirkuk)
- Ali Abdul-Ghani Jallab Yaqub al-Attabi (Dhi Qar)
- Hassan Sudi Hassan al-Ziyadi (Najaf)
- Abdullah Muhammad Abd Khalaf al-Dulaymi (Anbar)
- Muhammad Handhal Aziz Barghash al-Dawari (Wasit)
- Abd Mashhan Hamdan al-Dulaymi (Salah al-Din)
- Hussain Kadhim Wasmi al-Zuhaidi (Diyala)
- Muhammad Haydar Hussain Dawud al-Lami (Missan)
- Radhi Abu Hasanah Hassan Atiyah al-Yaqubi (Muthanna)
- Ahmad Hadi Hussain al-Mansuri (Karbala)
- Talib Hassan Hasbi (Qadisiyyah)
Presidents of the Judicial Councils of the federal regions
- Vacant (Kurdistan Region)
Responsibilities
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.
