New provisions of the new Iraqi Nationality Act No. 26 of 2006

Abstract

The new legislation of the Iraqi nationality law is an important legislation, in view of the provisions of this legislation of different rules and provisions. The Iraqi legislator issued several laws, the latest of which was the Nationality Law No. 26 of 2006, which introduced new provisions that were not familiar with the nationality laws issued before, The most important of these provisions is the imposition of the original nationality on the basis of the right of blood that descends from the mother, dual nationality, and the acquisition of foreign Iraqi nationality for marriage to Iraqi women, and other provisions. This law is not without contradictions between its texts, and the most important contradictions mentioned therein, as stated in Article (3/A), which imposed the original nationality on the basis of the right of blood that descends from the mother, and article (4), which gave the right to acquire Iraqi nationality on the basis of the right The blood of the mother but with many conditions. As well as the contradiction between Article (2), which recognized the Iraqi nationality granted to Arab citizens in accordance with Law No. 5 of 1975, and Article (21/2), which abolished the law of granting Iraqi nationality to Arab citizens and retroactively, which means the disappearance of Iraqi nationality From the Iraqi that he acquired according to this law.

This study aims at clarifying these new provisions and expressing opinions about them by comparing the position of the previous laws with the new law, and the statement of the Iraqi jurisprudence in these matters, as well as the position of the comparative law.