Reserve Forces, Veterans, Rehabilitation and Reintegration Bill

This Law shall be called the “Reserve Forces, Veterans, Rehabilitation and Reintegration Law”. It shall govern the reserve system of the Iraqi armed forces; transition, care, rehabilitation and reintegration services for covered veterans; and special reintegration programmes established under it.

The Law aims to establish an organized, mobilizable reserve without permanent expansion of active forces; protect the civil and employment rights of those called up; ensure organized transition from military service to civilian life; unify services for veterans, wounded personnel and their families; reduce institutional duplication; link rehabilitation to education, employment, health and family stability; and prevent the return of weapons outside State institutions.

For the purposes of this Law, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them: Ministry: the Ministry of Defence. Minister: the Minister of Defence. Armed Forces: the federal Iraqi armed forces under the Constitution and law. Reserve: persons lawfully registered and available for temporary military call-up under this Law. Ready Reserve: the highest-readiness category, closest in time to active service. Specialist Reserve: holders of medical, engineering, technical, communications, logistical and other critical skills. General Reserve: persons whose data and qualifications the State retains for mobilization under the rules. Called-Up Reservist: a reservist subject to a lawful call-up order. Veteran: a person whose active armed forces service has lawfully ended after documented military service, including service ending through service-related injury or disability; this status alone creates no pension or financial rights not prescribed by another law. Service Injury: injury, illness or disability whose connection to service is established by medical committees and applicable laws. Service Transition: the period and procedures beginning before service ends and continuing afterwards to prepare the individual for civilian life. Rehabilitation: medical, psychological, functional and vocational services necessary to restore independence and capacity for work and participation. Reintegration: the social, economic and civilian pathway returning a person to stable, lawful civilian life. Register: the secure national register for reserves and veterans established by this Law.

This Law rests on: reserve subordination to civilian leadership and the law; voluntary active service under current legislation unless a separate national service law is enacted; non-discrimination; priority for readiness, skill and need; protection of civilian employment, income and civil rights during call-up; prevention of veteran status becoming a political privilege or partisan instrument; support targeted by need, injury and service impact; protection of public funds; and no duplicate entitlements for the same harm.

This Law's reserve system provides legislative and implementing detail for the general reserve provisions of the Iraqi Armed Forces Law. It shall apply consistently with that Law and its rules on command, discipline and readiness.

Salaries, allowances, pensions, end-of-service benefits, martyrs' and wounded personnel's rights and disability entitlements shall remain governed by Military Service and Retirement Law No. (3) of 2010, as amended, or its replacement, unless this Law contains a special provision on reserve service, transition or rehabilitation. This Law shall not be interpreted to reduce an acquired pension right.

This Law shall not affect powers and rights under the Martyrs Foundation Law, the law compensating those affected by war operations, military errors and terrorist operations, the Law on Care for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs, or other special legislation. Bodies shall exchange data and verify records to prevent duplication and delay.

Veteran status shall be established by an administrative decision based on an official service record, final judicial judgment or alternative official documents specified by instructions where records were lost for reasons beyond the person's control. The decision shall be reasoned and open to grievance and appeal.

Veteran status shall not automatically confer a pension, land, compensation, public employment or honorary promotion. Each entitlement shall be governed by its law and conditions. Status shall permit access to transition, guidance, registration and other services established by this Law.

This Law shall not be used to nullify the effects of a final criminal judgment or erase responsibility for terrorism, war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture, enforced disappearance or other serious offences. Loss of a financial benefit through judgment or lawful procedure shall not deprive an injured person of emergency treatment or inalienable human rights.

Services and entitlements shall be provided under published criteria concerning service, injury, need and capacity to benefit, without discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, sect, sex, locality, political opinion or social affiliation, respecting constitutional arrangements for regional and governorate powers.

The Ministry of Defence's Directorate-General for Veterans' Affairs, reorganized under this Law, shall be the Ministry's focal point for veterans' and transition services. It shall coordinate with the Military Retirement Department, Directorate-General of Personnel, Personal Services Directorate, Wounded Personnel Rehabilitation and Care Directorate and other federal bodies, without establishing a new independent authority.

The Ministry shall establish a secure integrated national register for reserves and veterans linking national identity numbers with service, specialization, readiness, contact details, medical information necessary for call-up and administrative entitlements. Its design shall prevent duplication and permit audit of decisions, dates and decision-makers.

Only the minimum data necessary to implement the Law shall be collected. Access shall be role-based. Health, operational history and detailed residential data shall not be shared beyond lawful purposes. Reserve personnel lists, injury data or information revealing military capability or location shall not be published.

An armed forces reserve system shall comprise defined readiness and specialization categories, providing personnel available for training, mobilization or temporary capability shortfalls without replacing the active establishment or concealing its expansion.

Reserves shall comprise: a ready reserve of recently discharged service members retaining appropriate proficiency; a specialist reserve of holders of critical skills; and a general reserve for broad mobilization. Subcategories may be created by Council of Ministers regulation on the Minister's proposal according to defence-plan requirements.

Reserves shall include persons completing active service who meet fitness and professional-record requirements, volunteers joining under the rules, and persons covered by any future national service or mobilization law. No person shall enter the reserve register merely because of previous membership of an unlawful formation.

Before service ends, the Ministry shall present the proposed reserve status to the service member, explaining category, commitment period, training duties and civil rights. Final registration shall require verified fitness, absence of legal impediments and notification of the decision.

Reserve regulations shall specify commitment periods and maximum ages for each category by rank, specialty and duty type. These shall be defined and reviewable, and reserve service shall not become indefinite. Retention of scarce specialists may be extended with their consent within a regulatory ceiling.

Classification shall reflect recency of training, experience, health, specialization, mobilization needs, disciplinary record and residence to facilitate rapid call-up without revealing force deployment. Previous rank alone shall not determine priority.

Reservists shall update contact details, residence, material health information and civilian specialization within regulatory periods. The Ministry shall provide a secure digital update channel. Delay caused by government system failure or force majeure shall not be penalized.

Reservists shall undergo medical examination on registration and, where necessary, before operational call-up. Fitness criteria shall distinguish unfitness for combat from ability to perform specialist or support duties. Unfitness or reclassification decisions shall be open to medical review.

The Ministry shall establish a unified taxonomy of relevant military and civilian skills, including medicine, engineering, aviation, maintenance, communications, cybersecurity, languages, logistics and disaster management, updated as risks and technology evolve.

The Army General Staff shall prepare an annual reserve training plan specifying categories, numbers, objectives, duration, locations and resources. Training shall be linked to a specific task and required readiness level. Personnel shall not be called up merely to meet nominal headcounts.

Mandatory periodic training shall not exceed thirty days per person annually except with consent or under a mobilization or emergency decision under this Law. The period may be divided among several courses according to specialization.

Reservists and their employers, where an employment relationship exists, shall receive sufficient advance notice of periodic training as specified by regulation, normally no less than thirty days. Notice may be shortened for reasoned military necessity, preserving employment rights.

During training, reservists shall receive a financial allowance and transport and subsistence expenses under a regulation issued in coordination with the Ministry of Finance. The allowance shall prevent unjustified income loss without making short training more profitable than equivalent active service.

Absence from employment due to lawful reserve call-up shall constitute protected national service leave. Employment shall not be terminated, basic pay, grade or seniority reduced, or promotion denied because of call-up. Protection shall not cover professional misconduct independent of reserve service.

After service, the employer shall reinstate the called-up person in their original job or one equivalent in pay, status and rights, considering the normal progression they would have achieved without call-up. The person shall notify the employer of return within periods specified by instructions according to call-up duration and health.

Call-up shall count as service for seniority, social security and civilian pension or workers' social insurance purposes, as applicable. The Treasury shall cover deductions or contributions specified by regulation for periods unpaid by the employer owing to call-up, preventing an insurance gap caused by national duty.

Public or private employers shall not refuse recruitment, dismiss, downgrade or reduce promotion or benefits because a person is a reservist or may be called up. A contrary action shall be void and entail compensation and restoration under the law.

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, in coordination with the Ministry, shall establish a mechanism compensating part of proven direct harm to small business owners and self-employed persons during extended operational call-up, under published annual limits and criteria preventing double compensation.

Call-up may be deferred or temporarily waived where a person holds a civilian role critical to electricity, water, communications, healthcare, transport, cybersecurity or other essential services; is the sole provider for a wholly dependent person; or has a serious health or educational circumstance. Decisions shall follow uniform criteria and be open to grievance.

Reserve registration shall end on reaching the prescribed age or term, permanent unfitness, death, a final judgment barring service, loss of nationality under the law or another prescribed ground. The person shall be notified and entitlements for prior active service settled.

Call-up shall serve one of the following purposes: periodic training; an exercise or readiness test; filling a temporary specialist gap; protection of a facility or borders or a specified defence mission; partial mobilization; or general mobilization during war or emergency under the Constitution.

The Minister or an authorized delegate shall issue training and testing orders under the annual plan. Broad operational call-up or partial mobilization shall require a Commander-in-Chief decision on the recommendation of the Minister and Army Chief of Staff. Mobilization connected with war or emergency shall follow the relevant constitutional procedures.

A call-up order shall specify purpose, required categories or specialties, general area, start date, expected duration or termination criterion, reporting location, body responsible for pay and care, and procedures for deferment requests or objections.

Notification shall use at least two reliable methods wherever possible, one through the digital register or registered telephone. Paper notification may be used. Urgent cases shall use the shortest reliable channel, recording when notice is received.

A reservist shall not be considered in default unless notification or certain knowledge is established and no acceptable excuse exists. On reporting, military discipline shall apply insofar as related to active service. Criminal punishment shall require a statutory provision and a competent trial.

Call-up shall consider actual need, readiness, recency of training, specialty, fair rotation and protection of critical civilian jobs. Selective call-up on political, regional or personal grounds shall be prohibited.

From the documented reporting date, a called-up person shall be treated as an active service member for the period of duty, subject to military rules on command, discipline, uniform, weapons, safety and responsibility as appropriate to reserve status.

Operational reserve service shall attract pay and allowances proportionate to rank or grade and assignment under a schedule issued through the budget law or a financial regulation grounded in law. Two Treasury-funded compensations for the same period shall not be combined except for an income differential or special right expressly prescribed.

Injury or death during or because of call-up shall be a service injury or death, with the safeguards, compensation and care applicable to active personnel under current laws. Reserve status or original civilian employment shall not diminish these rights.

The Ministry shall not call units or individuals for combat or high-risk duties without appropriate equipment and training. Reservists shall not be required to purchase their own weapons, ammunition or basic protective equipment.

Call-up shall end on expiry, cessation of its grounds or a decision by the issuing authority. Within a short period, the unit shall issue a reserve-service completion document recording days, duties, injuries, courses and entitlements necessary to update the register and return to civilian employment.

If the reservist was sent to another area, the Ministry shall provide transport to an appropriate reporting location when the mission ends and a reasonable rest period before return to civilian work, according to duty duration and nature. Instructions shall specify details.

Participants in combat or high-risk missions shall receive a brief health assessment before release from call-up and referral where possible physical or psychological injury appears. Seeking psychological help alone shall not cause stigma or loss of civilian rights.

The Ministry shall submit an annual unclassified report to the competent parliamentary committee on aggregate reserve strength by category, training and response rates, injuries, system costs and employment-protection cases. A classified annex may provide readiness details.

The Ministry shall establish a permanent transition programme beginning, for anticipated departures, up to twelve months before leaving service according to circumstances and continuing afterwards until essential referrals are completed. It shall not wait until unemployment or a health crisis occurs.

Every person leaving service shall receive a concise plan covering health, military and civilian qualifications, educational or vocational needs, pension or entitlement pathway, reserve status if eligible, and referral services required after departure.

Before departure, the person shall receive a documented session explaining pensions, healthcare, challenges, reserves, identity documents, employment and training services, and duties concerning classified information and government weapons and equipment. A retrievable digital copy shall be provided.

A reasonably comprehensive health examination shall take place at service completion to document potentially service-related injuries and illnesses. The individual shall receive a transferable medical summary for civilian healthcare, respecting confidentiality. Absence of symptoms on departure shall not preclude later proof of service connection through medical evidence.

Persons leaving service shall receive a digital or paper record documenting ranks, specialties, courses, skills, active service, established injuries, call-ups and awards, excluding classified information that may not leave the Ministry.

With the ministries responsible for labour, higher education, education and professional bodies, the Ministry shall establish a matrix recognizing military skills as civilian qualifications and competencies wherever possible. Technicians, medics, drivers and technical specialists shall not have to relearn proven skills merely because job titles differ.

Vocational rehabilitation programmes shall reflect actual labour-market needs; general courses shall not be adopted merely to absorb numbers. Priorities shall include technology, maintenance, energy, construction, logistics, digital services, trades, entrepreneurship and other fields according to local demand data.

Eligible veterans may access grants, places or education loans under existing public programmes. Support under this Law shall prioritize those whose education was interrupted by service or who require education for rehabilitation after injury, within budget ceilings and published criteria.

The Ministry of Labour, in coordination with the Ministry, shall establish a dedicated pathway for career guidance, skills matching, CV preparation, interview training and access to private-sector opportunities. Veteran status shall confer no automatic public-sector job entitlement.

Limited preference points may be granted to veterans with service-related disabilities in suitable public job competitions, provided qualifications are met and merit, disability quotas and other constitutional balances are preserved.

A veterans' window shall be established within existing loan, small-enterprise and business-incubator programmes, with prior financial and marketing training. Status alone shall create no non-repayable loans or broad exemptions. Support shall depend on project viability and, for loans, repayment capacity.

Training and reintegration programmes shall aim at economic independence. Temporary assistance shall not continue after its grounds cease in a manner discouraging work, except compensation and payments linked to injury, disability or legally earned pensions.

With the beneficiary's consent, spouses or caregivers may participate in guidance concerning transition, injury, family support and stress management. Mediation and referral shall be provided where needed through specialized bodies without creating a parallel family-affairs apparatus.

One-stop service offices shall provide free legal and administrative guidance on proof of service, pensions, injury, challenges and documents, referring cases requiring court representation to legal aid offices, the Bar Association or accredited programmes.

Persons with serious injuries or complex needs shall receive a case manager to coordinate appointments, documents and referrals among defence, health, labour, pension, Martyrs Foundation and disability bodies. The manager shall not replace the competent body's legal decision-making authority.

Applications and tracking shall, wherever possible, use a unified government portal linked to the register, allowing beneficiaries to identify the processing body, stage and reasons for missing information or refusal. An in-person route shall remain available for those unable to use digital services.

Veterans with service-related injuries shall have access to treatment and rehabilitation under applicable laws and programmes. The Ministry shall facilitate proof of status and referrals and ensure no injured person moves between bodies without an authority responsible for the case.

A medical committee shall determine whether injury or illness is service-related based on records and medical and operational evidence. Its reasoned decision shall specify disability percentage where needed. An application shall not be refused merely because one document is missing if reliable official alternatives can establish the facts.

A medical review mechanism technically independent of the initial decision-making committee shall be established. The person concerned may submit additional reports. Decisions shall be issued within published periods, and necessary treatment shall not await final determination of disability percentage.

Rehabilitation shall include physiotherapy, prostheses, assistive devices, mobility rehabilitation and adaptation to work and home, coordinated with national healthcare and disability bodies to avoid duplicate or incompatible equipment purchases.

Mental health and trauma treatment shall form an integral part of care, provided confidentially and with informed consent. Consulting a mental health professional or seeking treatment shall not automatically justify denial of civilian employment or rights, subject to statutory occupational safety requirements.

Care shall include voluntary screening and referral for substance-use and addiction problems associated with trauma or chronic pain. Treatment shall follow health and drug-prevention law without stigma, with safety rules applied when prescribing high-risk medicines.

Eligible injured persons shall receive medically necessary devices, prostheses or assistive technologies under specifications and quality standards, accounting for maintenance, replacement and life cycle. Entitlement shall not be limited to initial purchase.

This Law shall coordinate with caregiver entitlements under disability and wounded-personnel laws and shall not create two salaries for the same care. Free caregiver training in injuries, devices and emergencies may be provided.

Mental health follow-up, rehabilitation and consultations may be delivered through telemedicine where safe and appropriate. Digital services shall not be a compulsory substitute for in-person examination when clinically required.

Available quality treatment within Iraq shall take priority. Referral abroad shall follow independent medical criteria where necessary treatment or expertise is unavailable domestically, with cost audit and prevention of referral conflicts of interest.

Treatment of a service injury shall not cease merely because of retirement or departure from the establishment. Funding or service responsibilities shall transfer between bodies under the law without exposing the injured person to an administrative gap.

The injured person's work capacity shall be assessed and reasonable accommodations, alternative training or a suitable occupation identified. Where work is possible, priority shall be given to safe, dignified employment before long-term assistance.

A case may be opened or reassessed where illness or disability appears years after service and reasonable medical evidence connects it to service or shows service-related aggravation. A regulation shall define evidentiary rules and periods without imposing limitation periods barring rights before a condition could naturally emerge.

The Ministry and health bodies shall collect anonymized data on injury types, rehabilitation outcomes and return to work for planning, prevention and safety improvement, without publishing individuals' names or politically evaluating them.

A unified card or digital identity linked to national identity and the register shall be issued to veterans to verify status and facilitate services. It shall contain no sensitive operational, medical or security information and may later be integrated into the national digital identity.

The Ministry shall use and redistribute existing veterans' affairs departments and centres in governorates according to beneficiary numbers and need. New buildings or formations shall not be established before existing infrastructure is shown to be insufficient.

Wounded persons with severe disabilities, older persons and the sick shall receive procedural priority in applications and appointments. Priority shall not confer an entitlement unavailable to others or permit queue-jumping based on former rank.

The National Pension Authority and Military Retirement Department shall exercise their statutory powers. The Ministry shall send a complete pension file, digitally wherever possible, before service ends. Asking the beneficiary to resubmit shall be a last resort where the bodies can exchange the document directly.

Where the same harm falls under multiple laws or programmes, the more beneficial provision shall apply or compatible benefits expressly permitted by law may be combined. The same financial component shall not be compensated twice. The body shall explain any offsetting basis in writing.

Veterans and wounded personnel shall access existing housing and land programmes under their conditions and statutory priorities. This Law creates no universal land entitlement for every veteran, avoiding an unsustainable financial and property obligation.

Veterans may establish civilian associations under the Non-Governmental Organizations Law or applicable legislation to provide support, advocacy and services. They shall not form armed units, store weapons, conduct unlawful combat training or use former ranks to exercise public authority.

Ministries, universities and training centres may engage veterans in civilian capacities for their expertise in education, training, crisis management, engineering, medicine, logistics and other fields, on competitive and merit-based terms without automatic appointment pathways.

No person may charge a share of a pension, compensation or benefit for processing a veteran's or wounded person's application unless a licensed lawyer or professional under a clear contract and lawful fees. The State shall provide free entitlement-verification channels to reduce exploitation and fraud.

The Ministry shall establish an organizationally independent channel for complaints about delay, extortion, ill-treatment and lost files, issue tracking numbers and refer suspected corruption to the Commission of Integrity or Public Prosecution according to jurisdiction.

Anyone whose application is refused, classification lowered or inclusion in a benefit or reserve denied may lodge a grievance within thirty days of notification. The body shall decide within thirty days unless further medical examination is required. The decision shall then be appealable before the competent court under the law.

Former members of armed groups or formations outside State institutions shall not acquire veteran status under this Law merely from bearing arms or participating in combat. They may enter a special civilian disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme established by an express lawful decision if its conditions are met.

Where a demonstrated security need exists within the State monopoly on weapons policy, the Council of Ministers may establish a time-limited reintegration programme for a precisely defined category. The decision shall specify legal basis, duration, bodies, funding and inclusion and exclusion conditions, with periodic reporting to the Council of Representatives.

Special reintegration assistance shall require surrender of unlicensed weapons, ammunition and equipment under the State Monopoly on Weapons Law, and cessation of any military formation, chain of command, stores or armed resources outside State institutions.

Registration or participation in reintegration shall confer no immunity from investigation or trial, obstruct no victims' rights, arrest warrants or judicial judgments, and extend no amnesty to matters legally ineligible for it.

Applicants shall undergo identity, criminal record, arrest warrant, armed affiliation and document checks. Exclusion from an administrative benefit shall be reasoned and reviewable, without unnecessary publication of security information.

Assistance shall be limited according to need to civilian documents, psychosocial guidance, vocational training, employment services, education, limited transitional assistance and healthcare referral. No military rank, seniority or pension shall be granted for service not legally recognized.

Benefits shall not unjustifiably exceed those available to conflict-affected civilians or jobseekers. Support may increase for disability, poverty or caregiving responsibilities, not the scale of former armed power.

Reintegration shall be implemented with local governments, civilian services and community institutions, considering community acceptance, stigma prevention, dispute resolution and victim compensation under relevant laws. It shall not be limited to a training course or payment.

Women, children and non-combatants associated with armed groups shall be dealt with under applicable child protection, trafficking, violence, health and justice laws. A child shall not enter the veterans' or reserve system because of previous association with an armed group.

Every programme shall have an end date and clear completion criteria. Cases requiring long-term support shall transfer to general health, labour and social protection systems, preventing a permanent parallel apparatus after the programme's purpose ends.

The Council of Ministers shall establish a permanent coordination committee without separate legal personality, chaired by a senior Ministry of Defence representative and including Finance, Labour, Health, Planning, Higher Education, the National Pension Authority, Martyrs Foundation, disability-care commission and other bodies as needed.

The Committee shall resolve entitlement conflicts, adopt referral and data-sharing standards, review performance and cost indicators, propose amendments and coordinate reserve, civilian employment-protection and rehabilitation programmes. It shall not interfere with individual medical decisions, judicial judgments or pension entitlements assigned to another body.

The federal Government shall coordinate with the Kurdistan Regional Government on shared veterans' matters, health and social services and necessary information exchange. This Law shall not automatically incorporate regional guard forces into federal reserves outside constitutional and legal frameworks and approved agreements.

Obligations under this Law shall be financed from competent bodies' annual appropriations. Off-budget funds or deductions from military salaries shall require a law. The budget shall separately identify reserve and training costs, care and rehabilitation costs, and temporary transition-programme costs.

Where appropriations are limited, priority shall go to treatment, injuries and disability; then obligations arising from reserve call-up and protection of rights; essential transition services; and optional education and enterprise programmes. Priorities and waiting criteria shall be published.

Before creating a unit or programme, every body shall explain why existing structures are insufficient. The Council of Ministers may merge similar Ministry of Defence units or assign a unified service to a designated body to reduce repeated visits and duplication.

All reserve, care, training, grant and loan expenditure under this Law shall be subject to Federal Board of Supreme Audit oversight and internal audit. The Commission of Integrity shall have lawful file access, with health and security data protected.

The Ministry shall publish annual aggregate data on service registrations, trained reservists, application-processing times, expenditure, return-to-work outcomes and complaints and grievances, without revealing personal data or sensitive military readiness.

The Government shall submit an annual implementation report to the Council of Representatives covering financial sustainability of entitlements, reserve employment protection, healthcare, reintegration outcomes and special disarmament and reintegration programmes. A confidential readiness annex may be provided to the competent committee.

Indicators shall measure outcomes, not merely registrations, including the proportion of reserves completing required training, response time, job losses due to call-up, pension-processing time, return to work or education, health rehabilitation outcomes and timely complaint closure.

Every three years, the Government shall commission an independent evaluation of reserve and veterans' and reintegration services, covering cost, fairness, outcomes, duplication and gaps. An unclassified summary shall be published and legislative recommendations submitted to the Council of Representatives.

Competent bodies may cooperate with international organizations, universities and friendly States in training, rehabilitation and capacity-building, provided funding and grants comply with law. No foreign body shall access personal military or health records except under a lawful agreement and data-protection safeguards.

Anyone forging service, injury, disability or veteran identity documents, or knowingly submitting materially false data to obtain a benefit, shall be punished under the Penal Code. Unduly paid funds shall be recovered, with due regard to good-faith beneficiaries harmed by administrative error.

Anyone buying, selling or brokering for unlawful remuneration the award of a job, land, compensation, loan or treatment referral under this Law shall be punishable. This shall not prohibit disclosed lawful legal and professional fees.

Anyone intentionally disclosing or using personal, health or reserve-readiness data beyond authorized purposes shall be punished under applicable penal, data protection and national security laws, with aggravated responsibility where security harm or commercial exploitation results.

Without prejudice to penalties under other laws, an employer intentionally refusing reinstatement or discriminating because of reserve status shall reinstate the worker and compensate lost pay and rights, actual harm and lost earnings. The court may order reinstatement where feasible.

Within one hundred and eighty days, the Directorate-General shall be reorganized to include, alongside existing tasks, clear units for service transition, veterans' services, the register and case management, avoiding unnecessary transfer of medical or pension powers from competent bodies.

Within one hundred and eighty days, the Ministry of Defence shall map bodies visited by retirees, wounded personnel and veterans, consolidate reception interfaces and exchange files electronically so beneficiaries need not submit the same document to multiple government bodies where already available.

Former Iraqi army personnel's applications shall continue through the Directorate-General for Veterans' Affairs and competent bodies under applicable laws and decisions. This Law shall not restore service, rank or previously settled pension entitlements except under a statutory provision or judicial judgment.

Data held by the Personal Services Directorate, Wounded Personnel Rehabilitation and Care Directorate and other bodies shall transfer to an interoperable register while medical and financial decisions remain with competent bodies. Digital integration shall not halt pending applications or delay due payments.

On enactment of any new amendment to the Military Service and Retirement Law, the Government shall review this Law's pension, disability, age and service-period provisions within ninety days for conflicts and submit an amending bill where needed, without suspending compatible services.

Pensions, compensation, medical decisions and entitlements acquired before entry into force shall remain valid unless lawfully revoked or amended by decision or judgment. Administrative reorganization shall not reopen settled rights to beneficiaries' detriment.

Within one year, bodies shall transfer basic records to secure digital infrastructure, with a plan for missing or conflicting records, secure copies, audit and correction controls and documentation of each item's source.

The Council of Ministers shall issue regulations on reserves, job protection and financing. The Minister shall issue implementing instructions on the register, training, transition and veterans' services within no more than one hundred and eighty days of entry into force.

Within one year, the Council of Ministers' Secretariat-General, in coordination with the State Council and competent bodies, shall prepare a schedule of amendments needed to military service and retirement, unified pension, labour, social insurance, disability, compensation and other laws to ensure consistency, without suspending directly implementable provisions.

Conflicting provisions shall be repealed or amended only to the extent of conflict. This shall not repeal financial, health or pension rights under special provisions unless expressly and specifically stated.

This Law shall enter into force ninety days after publication in the Official Gazette. The intervening period shall be used to issue forms, transfer data, train staff and prepare employers for job protection arrangements.