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Original Study

Abstract

Criminal liability for disclosure of government secrets in Lebanese or Iraqi law. This study dealt with the criminal responsibility for disclosing the governmental secrets in the Lebanese and Iraqi laws, as it was prepared by defining the governmental secret, the subjective nature and the legal basis for its commitment and the interests considered in criminalizing the disclosure of the government secret. It was found that the commitment to the government secretary- cat ion started with a moral obligation before it was a legal obligation and that the Lebanese and Iraqi penal law did not know the secret of the government. However, it adopted the theory of public order in Article 437 of the Iraqi Penal Code and article 579 of the Lebanese Penal Code. Articles the legal basis for compliance with the government secret. The text is general and divorced to include anyone who is aware of his or her job, profession, industry, art, or the nature of his work in secret. The difficulty of enumerating the professions covered by secrecy, as we dealt with models such as employees, doctors and lawyers. In order to achieve criminal responsibility for the crime, it must be in place, and require that it occur in cases where the legislator has permitted disclosure of the secret, In addition to the criminal penalties stipulated in Article (437) Iraqi Penalties and Article (579) Lebanese Penalties, this crime entails other civil, disciplinary or procedural sanctions, We have not issued many judicial decisions, and we believe that the reason for this is due to the lack of recourse to individuals for fear of spreading their secrets on a wider scale. The study reached several suggestions and recommendations, among them a definition of the government secretariat and recommending that the issue of crime should be given due attention by raising awareness of its seriousness.

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