The body that hears a coverage application is the Political Prisoners Foundation and its committees, not a law office. The Law Office of Ali Barakat is in Baghdad, al-Yarmouk, near the Entertainment Club. It serves clients from all Iraqi governorates. The Foundation's address in use is taken from the Foundation itself or its official website.
The proof path is in The Special Committee. The appeal path is in The Appeals Body.
A coverage application is filed with the Special Committee at the Foundation. A grievance against its decision is filed with the Appeals Body there. The Reconsideration Committee, after Law No. 10 of 2025, also works inside the Foundation within the scope the text sets. The court is not the first stop: the Administrative Judiciary Court is approached after the Appeals Body result, within thirty days of notification, and its judgment 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.
Going first to a court, or to a department other than the Foundation, wastes time without opening the file.
The Foundation is a legal person attached to the Council of Ministers, and its seat is sought in Baghdad. Reference is also made to the Foundation in al-Rusafa, and to the Reconsideration Committee in Baghdad–al-Rusafa, as well as to Basra, Dhi Qar and Karbala. That suggests a presence, committees or follow-up of files outside the centre. The address in use is taken directly from the Foundation itself or from its official website (ppf.gov.iq), and is checked before attendance in case a branch or office changes location.
| Request | Where it is filed | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage application | The Special Committee at the Foundation | In Baghdad or wherever the relevant committee sits |
| Grievance against the committee decision | Appeals Body | 30 days from knowledge or being deemed notified |
| Reconsideration where the text allows it | Reconsideration Committee at the Foundation | Under Law No. 10 of 2025 |
| Judicial challenge | Administrative Judiciary Court, then the Supreme Administrative Court | After the Appeals Body path, and within the time limits |
If the applicant lives outside Baghdad, the file is taken to the Foundation’s presence in that governorate if there is one, or to the place the Foundation indicates. That presence is the Foundation’s own.
Identity documents, any proof of imprisonment, detention or Rafha internment, the coverage or refusal decision if one has been issued, and any earlier notification should be taken. The detail of the evidence is on the proof page. A person named in the Foundation’s notifications should take the notification along.
The application is written in the form the Foundation requires at the time of filing.
Attendance is at the Foundation’s seat, or at the place the Foundation itself announces, in Baghdad. The detailed address is taken from the Foundation or its official website.
That points to files and a presence in those governorates. The Foundation should be asked where an application from that governorate is filed. No address is assumed.
No. The office is in Baghdad, al-Yarmouk.
No. The court comes after the Appeals Body, within thirty days of notification of its result.
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