تمثيل الأقليات في المجالس المنتخبة وفق دستور جمهورية العراق لسنة 2005 (دِراسة مُقارنة)

Representation of minorities in the elected councils according to the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq 2005 - a comparative study

.Abstract
Representation of minorities in the elected councils according to the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq for the year 2005 – a comparative study (Comparative study)
The participation of minorities in political life is of great importance, as the degree of peoples’ urbanization, progress and practice of democracy is measured by providing an opportunity for minority members to participate in the electoral process. The right to representation for minorities is a true embodiment of the democratic dimension. Giving minorities the opportunity to participate effectively in managing their country’s affairs through parliamentary representation.
Therefore, in the first chapter of this study, I dealt with the nature of the representation of minorities in the elected councils, the meaning of minorities, linguistically and idiomatically, and moved to the statement of the criterion for identifying minorities and the justifications for their representation in the elected councils, and then I went to the evidence of the legal basis for the representation of minorities in the elected councils, and this right was emanated in the Iraqi constitution Its electoral laws and laws of a global and regional nature.
In the second chapter, we discuss the procedures related to the right to represent minorities in the parliamentary field in Iraq, Jordan and Iran, so I found the competence of the Iraqi legislator in many citizens. electoral.
As for the third chapter, I examined guarantees of minority representation in elected councils. We discussed guarantees of minority representation at the level of the legislative text in each of Iraq, Jordan, and Iran. This entailed in the second section, guarantees at the level of judicial oversight in Iraq, Jordan and Iran, indicating the constitutional role of the judiciary in ensuring the right of justice. Representation of minorities, as well as the role of the ordinary and administrative judiciary in ensuring the right of minorities in elected councils.
In the conclusion, I mentioned the findings and recommendations that might contribute to the development of the legal and procedural regulation for minorities to exercise their right to representation in the elected councils. I hope that I have succeeded in that … and God grants success.