The researcher in this chapter will address both history and concept of the civil freedom in Iraq, including the legal meaning of civil freedom and general types of civil freedom, focusing mainly on the right of life and personal security in Iraq. Also, the researcher thoroughly discusses the protection of the civil freedom that is threatened by the international terrorism in Iraq, through legal ways, such as Iraqi Constitution, International conventions in human rights and UN charter (the right of life and personal security). Then finally, the conclusion of the chapter is presented.
3.1 History of Civil Freedom
The right of life and personal security represent the basic civil freedom of human individuals since birth. This civil freedom affects
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the right of life and personal security, which defends the dignity of living happily and quit violence between people. However, after that, the idea form has changed with the enlargement of cities, where these types of rights and freedom have evolved and transformed these customary rules to legal texts in order to ensure that them.@
Regarding the civil freedom in the past, particularly in the Middle Age of the Western countries, it was a collection of documents or laws, where the feudal lords issued the Charter of the Greatest Covenant (Magina-Carta) in 1215, which was the most important document with a covenant effect in both UK and Europe. This document reduces the authority of the King Jean and includes key provisions of both right of proprietary and litigation. Also, it ensures personal freedom, such as freedom of movement and trade, and imposing taxes is not allowed unless it is approved by the
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Then with the historical development of civil freedom after the Second World War and establishing the UN and its charter, respect for and promotion and protection of civil liberties between the countries of the world were noticed in many of the paragraphs.@
Though the term human rights and civil freedom is current, occurring particularly after the Second World War, its concepts date back to the 18th century. The French National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789, including the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution that is called the Bill of Rights and Freedom. Similar to the US Constitution in 1789, the 1945 Charter of the UN lack rights and freedom; therefore, a commission was set up to draft the UDHR, which was later adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10,