Iraki ƙarƙashin Saddam Hussein ta ga mummunan take Haƙƙin dan Adam, wanda aka ɗauka a matsayin mafi muni a duniya. 'Yan sandan sirri, ta'addancin gwamnati, azabtarwa, kisan jama'a, kisan kare dangi, kawar da kabilanci, fyade, korar mutane, kisan gilla, bacewar tilas, kisan gilla, yakin sinadarai, da lalata yankunan Mesofotamiya na daga cikin hanyoyin Saddam da Ba'ath na ƙasar. gwamnatin da aka yi amfani da su kula da iko. Ba a san adadin adadin mace- mace da bacewar da ke da alaƙa da danniya a cikin wannan lokaci ba, amma an kiyasta ya kai akalla 250,000 zuwa 290,000 a cewar Human Rights Watch, tare da mafi yawan waɗanda ke faruwa a sakamakon kisan kare dangi na Anfal 1988 da kuma murkushe zanga-zangar Iraki a 1991. Kungiyar kare hakkin bil'adama ta Human Rights Watch da Amnesty International sun fitar da rahotanni akai-akai kan yadda ake daure mutane da azabtarwa. Ƙungiyoyin kare Haƙƙin bil'adama sun tattara bayanan hukuncin kisa da gwamnati ta amince da su, da azabtarwa da fyade shekaru da yawa tun bayan hawan Saddam Hussein kan karagar mulki a shekara ta 1979 har zuwa faduwarsa a shekara ta 2003.