Restriction of constitutional rights and freedoms by Iraq's cabinet government in handling Covid-19

This study investigates the constitutional legitimacy of the measures enacted by Tthe Iraqi government to prevent the COVID-19 spreading, which restricted the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Iraqi Constitution 2005. even though the epidemic is a health emergency, the House of Representatives ha...

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Main Author: Zahraa Abdulalhafudh Mohsin
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar 2024-08-01
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Online Access:https://journal.unismuh.ac.id/index.php/Otoritas/article/view/14736
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description This study investigates the constitutional legitimacy of the measures enacted by Tthe Iraqi government to prevent the COVID-19 spreading, which restricted the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Iraqi Constitution 2005. even though the epidemic is a health emergency, the House of Representatives has not declared an emergency state, as the Cabinet resorted to taking preventive measurement to curb the crisis spreading, that restricted constitutional freedoms and rights even though the Iraqi constitution explicitly states that the rights and freedoms cannot be restricted except by law or based on it,  however, this restriction was governed by administrative orders issued by a committee establish by council of ministers under  Diwani Order 55 of 2020, headed by the minister of health,  which  amended then to become headed by the prime minister, for that purpose we have followed the analytical approach to assess the decisions taken by this committee through interpreting constitutional and legal texts and examining many of their restrictive resolutions imposed for demonstrating its legitimacy or illegitimacy and through this analysis we concluded that the majority of its decision on rights and freedoms under the pretext to preventspread  of Covid-19 unconstitution even though the epidemi was serious it cannot be justified  for violating democratic values.
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spelling doaj-art-4fb548d74bb9449eb67d5d8c71237ced2025-01-29T22:28:19ZengUniversitas Muhammadiyah MakassarOtoritas: Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan2088-37062502-93202024-08-0114239941210.26618/ojip.v14i2.147366625Restriction of constitutional rights and freedoms by Iraq's cabinet government in handling Covid-19Zahraa Abdulalhafudh Mohsin0Department of Public Law, Universitas AL-MuthannaThis study investigates the constitutional legitimacy of the measures enacted by Tthe Iraqi government to prevent the COVID-19 spreading, which restricted the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Iraqi Constitution 2005. even though the epidemic is a health emergency, the House of Representatives has not declared an emergency state, as the Cabinet resorted to taking preventive measurement to curb the crisis spreading, that restricted constitutional freedoms and rights even though the Iraqi constitution explicitly states that the rights and freedoms cannot be restricted except by law or based on it,  however, this restriction was governed by administrative orders issued by a committee establish by council of ministers under  Diwani Order 55 of 2020, headed by the minister of health,  which  amended then to become headed by the prime minister, for that purpose we have followed the analytical approach to assess the decisions taken by this committee through interpreting constitutional and legal texts and examining many of their restrictive resolutions imposed for demonstrating its legitimacy or illegitimacy and through this analysis we concluded that the majority of its decision on rights and freedoms under the pretext to preventspread  of Covid-19 unconstitution even though the epidemi was serious it cannot be justified  for violating democratic values.https://journal.unismuh.ac.id/index.php/Otoritas/article/view/14736covid-19legalityrestrict rightsthe supreme committee
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Restriction of constitutional rights and freedoms by Iraq's cabinet government in handling Covid-19
Otoritas: Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan
covid-19
legality
restrict rights
the supreme committee
title Restriction of constitutional rights and freedoms by Iraq's cabinet government in handling Covid-19
title_full Restriction of constitutional rights and freedoms by Iraq's cabinet government in handling Covid-19
title_fullStr Restriction of constitutional rights and freedoms by Iraq's cabinet government in handling Covid-19
title_full_unstemmed Restriction of constitutional rights and freedoms by Iraq's cabinet government in handling Covid-19
title_short Restriction of constitutional rights and freedoms by Iraq's cabinet government in handling Covid-19
title_sort restriction of constitutional rights and freedoms by iraq s cabinet government in handling covid 19
topic covid-19
legality
restrict rights
the supreme committee
url https://journal.unismuh.ac.id/index.php/Otoritas/article/view/14736
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