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Arab League to help with Iraqi constitution as draft moves forward

[JURIST] Iraq has accepted an offer from the Arab League [official website, Wikipedia backgrounder] to lend expertise and support to the committee [official website] established to draft the Iraqi constitution [JURIST news archive]. Meanwhile the drafting and consultation process continues as the August 15 deadline for approval approaches. A document that is supposedly a draft of a proposed Bill of Rights has been leaked; the Carnegie Endowment [advocacy website] has posted a translation with commentary [PDF text], and the the Turkish Cihan News Agency reported Wednesday that a draft of the full constitution has been submitted to parliament [Zaman report]. AKI has more.

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