The Right to Peaceful Protest in Iraq: Towards Enactment of Legislative Framework
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Peaceful Protest, Iraq, Human rights, Legislative Support, Judicial AuthorityAbstract
The ability to organize and participate in protests, pickets, rallies, marches, and protests is crucial for democratic representation. Peaceful protest is an essential means of expressing opinions and pressuring governmental bodies to achieve specific demands. Though the constitution recognizes their rights, there are no adequate laws and policies to protect their rights in expressing an opinion. This paper highlights the liberty to demonstrate peacefully and the abuse against protesters. Therefore, this paper is advocacy for the timely formulation of policies and laws to protect the freedom to demonstrate peacefully. This study will be conducted through a doctrinal approach; data were collected through secondary sources by examining the contribution of scholars in this field. This research will help the governments suffering from this problem in general and the Iraqi legislator primarily to address the lack of legal texts.
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