The body that hears a martyr’s file is the Martyrs Foundation and its committees, not a law office. The Law Office of Ali Barakat is in Baghdad, al-Yarmouk; it serves clients from the governorates. The current street address for each directorate is taken directly from the Foundation’s official website.
The committee steps and the grievance are set out in A martyr's file.
Article 9 forms, at the Foundation, committees in Baghdad and the governorates called the Committee for Reviewing the Applications of Martyrs' Families. The application is therefore filed with that committee in Baghdad or in the relevant governorate. A grievance is filed with the same committee within sixty days of notification of the decision, then a challenge before the Appeals Committee, and then before the Administrative Judiciary Court in accordance with the law. A judgment of the Administrative Judiciary Court may be challenged by cassation before the Supreme Administrative Court within thirty days of notification, under Article 7 of State Shura Council Law No. 65 of 1979, as amended by Law No. 17 of 2013.
Article 7 of the Foundation law mentions formations and departments, including names such as the Directorate of Directorates and Committees Affairs, the Directorate of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and the Directorate of Victims of Terrorism. Those directorates serve different kinds of files or services. None of them replaces the reviewing committee when the issue is coverage. If the file concerns a martyr who is a victim of terrorism under the Foundation law — not under Law No. 20 of 2009 alone — the review remains at the Martyrs Foundation and its committees. The Law No. 20 path is explained under compensation for those wounded in terrorist operations.
A distinction is often drawn between Karkh and Rusafa in Baghdad, and directorates in Nineveh and elsewhere are mentioned. That is consistent with committees being formed in Baghdad and the governorates under Article 9. The detailed address of each directorate is taken from the Foundation or from its official website (alshuhadaa.gov.iq), and is updated if it changes.
| Request | Where it is filed | Relevant time limit |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage application | Committee for Reviewing the Applications of Martyrs' Families in Baghdad or the governorate | The committee examines the application within three months of filing |
| Grievance | Before the same committee | 60 days from notification |
| Internal administrative appeal | Appeals Committee | Silence on the grievance for 90 days is treated as a refusal |
| Judicial challenge | Administrative Judiciary Court, then the Supreme Administrative Court | In accordance with the law; cassation within 30 days of notification |
Mention of a governorate means the Foundation is approached there; the law office follows files from Baghdad.
Proof of identity and of kinship, a deed of death or a death certificate as the case requires — explained in The martyr's certificate and The martyr's family identity document — and any earlier coverage or refusal decision should be taken. The application is written in the form the Foundation requires at the time of filing.
A seat or a place of review in Karkh is often mentioned. The address in use is taken from the Foundation or its official website.
If the place of residence or the file is attached to that directorate, attendance is there after confirmation with the Foundation. Committees are formed in Baghdad and the governorates under the law.
No. The Foundation’s directorates are part of the Foundation. The Law No. 20 compensation committees are a different path, even though the Department of Martyrs of War Operations, Military Errors and Terrorist Operations at the Foundation is linked to those committees under that law.
No. The office is in Baghdad, al-Yarmouk.
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