Falluja Social Cohesion Council implements A Successful Session on Workers’ Challenges

Falluja Social Cohesion Council implements A Successful Session on Workers’ Challenges

The Falluja Social Cohesion Council held a workshop with the Economic and Social Rights masar (path) within the Iraqi Social...

  • Local Forums
Iraqi PM Issues Decree Curbing Powers of Iran-Allied Militias

Iraqi PM Issues Decree Curbing Powers of Iran-Allied Militias

Prepared by Hassan Ammar – Edit Lilian Wajdi Reuters BAGHDAD, 1 July 2019 (Reuters) – On Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister...

  • Civil Society News
Depleted Uranium Damage In Iraq, Deferred File, Will It Be Reopened?

Depleted Uranium Damage In Iraq, Deferred File, Will It Be Reopened?

By: Al-Fanar Media Souad Naji al-Azzawi, an Iraqi environmental scientist, has devoted much of her professional life to studying one...

  • The Right to Recover From the Effects of War
A Message on Ilisu Dam From Iraqi Civil Society to the Turkish Government

A Message on Ilisu Dam From Iraqi Civil Society to the Turkish Government

Humat Dijlah Association (Tigris River Protectors) – the Iraqi partner for Save the Tigris Campaign – and a wide range...

  • Environment
Creating New Water Protectors and Activating Environmental Advocacy Movements

Creating New Water Protectors and Activating Environmental Advocacy Movements

The Peace Forums in Anbar (Hit, Ramadi and Falluja), working within the framework of the Iraqi Social Forum and in...

  • Environment
The World Heritage Committee Should Step Up to Protect the Iraqi Marshes From Harm – A Report On the 2019 WHC Session in Baku

The World Heritage Committee Should Step Up to Protect the Iraqi Marshes From Harm – A Report On the 2019 WHC Session in Baku

With the filling of the Ilisu Dam reservoir imminent, the annual session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) in...

  • Environment
Rivers Are the World’s Heritage. Time to Treat Them as Such.

Rivers Are the World’s Heritage. Time to Treat Them as Such.

Commentary by Josh Klemm on 1 July 2019, This July represents a critical opportunity to protect rivers and the World...

  • Environment
UNESCO Should Address the Impacts of Upstream Dam Construction on the Ahwar of Iraq and Support Transboundary Water-Sharing Agreements

UNESCO Should Address the Impacts of Upstream Dam Construction on the Ahwar of Iraq and Support Transboundary Water-Sharing Agreements

Press Statement by Save the Tigris Campaign The following resolution submitted by Save the Tigris Campaign was adopted by the...

  • Environment
The Fallujah Social Cohesion Council Discusses the Risks and Disaster Reduction Law

The Fallujah Social Cohesion Council Discusses the Risks and Disaster Reduction Law

On 25 May 2019, the Fallujah Social Cohesion Council in cooperation with the Minorities and Displaced People masar (path) of...

  • Minorities and IDPs
Trevi return Mosul Dam to the Iraqi technicians, but this dam is effectively a construction project that never ends

Trevi return Mosul Dam to the Iraqi technicians, but this dam is effectively a construction project that never ends

By Elizabeth Ingram – Hydro ReviewContent Director Iraqi, U.S. and Italian officials have celebrated the completion of a project to shore up...

  • Environment
A Successful Dialogue Session about Fair and Just Work Practices

A Successful Dialogue Session about Fair and Just Work Practices

To mark International Labor Day, the Baghdad Social Cohesion Council held a dialogue session on 30 April 2019 to discuss...

  • Iraqi Labor Law
With a Paper and Pen, Dreams Can Come True

With a Paper and Pen, Dreams Can Come True

For the first time since its establishment, the theater group from the Arts of Peace team put on a comic...

  • Arts of Peace