The policy of criminalizing and punishing offenses affecting public health in Iraqi legislation

Abstract

Abstract: the contravention in the Iraqi Penal Code no longer deal all crimes committed in society, because they are not consistent with developments , restrict the criminal law to the principle of legality which requires no crime or punishment unless there is a text specifying that act and the time of its commission, Therefore, the legislator sought to legislate special laws dealing with specific issues in which he considered it important to qualify for the interest that is considered and requires the legislator's intervention in order to protect and extend its influence on it, These include the crimes of violations against public health ,we note that the Iraqi legislator has issued several laws that deal with certain crimes affecting public health, as the Public Health Act no. (89) for year 1981 ( amended) the Protection and Improvement of the Environment Act no. ( 27) for year 2009 , However, despite the legislation of these laws, we see the occurrence of many of these violations in reality, Which requires a serious review of those laws and the creation of a body or office tasked with the implementation of that law, We see that the administration is the most keen to implement that law and protect the interest of all individuals, Because if they are left to the criminal judge, which is not often separated, and the reason is due to the concern of the criminal judge for crimes of crimes and delinquencies, which require procedures and measures may take and take a period of time is not a few and the judge finds himself tired in resolving the puzzle of those issues and therefore does not lend Charges of the contravention.