Remission the imprisonment punishment of in Iraqi Traffic Law No. 8 of 2019

Abstract

Abstract: The new Iraqi Traffic Law No. 8 of 2019, which entered into force on October 5, 2019, includes a new principle in the Iraqi legislative system: "The penalty of imprisonment shall be dropped by waiver and mutual consent." This principle applies to crimes related to fatal run-over accidents, as regulated by the Iraqi legislature in Articles 36-37 of the aforementioned law. The effect of the penalty being dropped does not apply to other crimes. Accordingly, the new law has raised numerous problems before Iraqi courts. Based on these problems, we have attempted, through this research, to develop appropriate solutions to mitigate the effects of these problems within the paragraph related to recommendations included in the conclusion of our research.