iajlIAJLIAJL2709-9490https://doi.org/10.47310/iajl.2025.v06i02.008Constitutional Review of Laws and Its Role in Protecting Public Rights and FreedomsMastafaNadhim Hameed Al-JassamFarisHussein AbbarThe Presidency of the Iraqi Sunni Endowment Office, IraqUniversity of AL-Qadisiyah, Faculty of Administration and Economics, IraqThis research will clarify the definition of the constitutional review of laws and the role of this concept in protecting public rights and freedoms through the types of this review, the legal foundations upon which it is based, the systems that ensure its effectiveness in combating unconstitutional laws, and comparative models in some Arab and foreign constitutional systems to analyze the role of the constitutional court in the protection of the rule of law and the protection of the principle of the supremacy of the constitution. In the present study, a descriptive-analytical method is used to compare international experiences in constitutional review and review relevant constitutional court decisions and constitutional provisions. The study finds that constitutional review is a necessary mechanism to safeguard public rights and liberties by requiring the legislative and executive branches to adhere to the constitution and avoid passing laws that infringe upon the rules of basic human rights or the rule of equality. It further demonstrates that the effectiveness of the constitutional review rests on the independence of the constitutional judiciary and the knowledge of people of their constitutional rights.