The college of law at the University of Baghdad discussed a master’s thesis in the criminal law of the student (Russul Ali Ajid), marked with (the discriminatory status granted to non-federal court of Cassation in the criminal case), on Tuesday, corresponding to 17/9/2024 on the model courtroom at the college.
The thesis aimed to highlight the penal legislation by transferring part of the jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Cassation to the Federal Criminal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal and making it have a discriminatory power similar to the powers of the Federal Court of Cassation.
The thesis included three chapters, the first of which dealt with the nature of the appeal as discrimination, the second chapter dealt with the discriminatory status granted to the Criminal Court, and the third chapter dealt with the discriminatory status granted to the Federal Court of Appeal in the criminal case.
The thesis came out with several recommendations, the most important of which is the Iraqi legislator’s call for the need to separate the public prosecution from the Supreme Judicial Council in order for the public prosecution to effectively exercise its function as a representative of society in the criminal case, the legislator’s call for expanding the powers of the Federal Court of Cassation and courts with a discriminatory penalties for mistakes .
