Rights of Non-Citizens in Iraqi Law

The rights of non-citizens are one of the important topics at the level of legal studies, as it is directly related to basic human rights. The statement of the legal status of non-citizens is very important, because the legislation of different countries does not equal the legal status of the national and the foreigner. The issue of the rights that non-citizens enjoy in countries in general is of great importance in theory and practice and at the international and national levels. It is known that the circle of international law’s interest in the rights of foreigners is clear through international conventions, treaties and global declarations of human rights. The rights that a foreign person enjoys in Iraqi laws are many, some of which are public, and some of which are private. The permanent Iraqi constitution of 2005 guaranteed human freedom to travel and move in clear and clear texts, but it did not restrict the exercise of this freedom with restrictions related to security and public order. When the Egyptian constitution restricted the exercise of this freedom with restrictions stipulated by law. The Iraqi constitution reflected the rights and freedoms in the light of the legal image of the state or the legitimacy of the state in the extent of its commitment to the constitution and the basic laws in force, which must include a set of basic rights and freedoms for individuals while ensuring respect for these rights and freedoms. There is no point in providing for these rights and freedoms without being There is respect and actual application of them, as an example of these constitutions, and this is what the Iraqi Constitution of (2005) took. The work of the Iraqi legislator was clear through the laws pertaining to the foreigner through the new Iraqi residency law No. 167 of 2017, which contained many articles that were introduced and were not present in the repealed residency law No. 118 of 1976, due to the great developments that Iraqi society witnessed after 2003. The necessity for the foreign worker to obtain a license so that he can work in Iraq, in addition to obtaining an entry visa and fulfilling the conditions required by the residency law in force for the entry and residence of the foreign worker in Iraq.