The judge-led Al-Sweady inquiry, which has cost the taxpayer around £25 million, will deliver its conclusions following a five-year process.
It has examined claims that 20 or more Iraqis were unlawfully killed while in custody, bodies were mutilated and detainees were ill-treated following a fierce firefight known as the Battle of Danny Boy in May 2004.
After almost 300 witnesses in central London gave evidence during a year of public hearings, lawyers representing the alleged victims' families admitted that there was no evidence of unlawful killing.
But they stood by claims regarding the alleged mistreatment of prisoners at Camp Abu Naji (CAN) near Majar-al-Kabir in southern Iraq and later at Shaibah Logistics Base.
Lawyers for the soldiers involved and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) say the allegations are part of a "conspiracy" by a number of Iraqis to pervert the course of justice and get compensation payments.
The MoD has admitted there had been "some instances" where conduct of British soldiers fell below expected standards, such as a detainee being shouted at and plasticuffs being applied incorrectly.
However, it insists that these lapses were on a different scale to the allegations of murder, torture and mutilation put forward by the Iraqis.
Inquiry chairman Sir Thayne Forbes has been considering his conclusions since April this year, when he heard closing submissions.
The retired High Court judge is expected to make a 40-minute statement this morning, after which the report will be laid before Parliament.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon will later make a statement to the House of Commons regarding its findings.
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