Joint Statement. US Sanctions on Palestinian NGOs: an Attack on Human Rights
On 4 September 2025, the United States Department of the Treasury, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), added...
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Key documents from the International Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI)
Joint Statement: Serious Escalation in Sulaymaniyah and Suppression of Freedom of Expression and Assembly
June 26, 2025 The Protect Iraqi Human Rights Defenders Now (PIHN) campaign and the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) express deep concern over...
ICSSI, in solidarity with Iran protests
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) expressed its support for Iranian women as protests continued throughout the country on...
ICSSI CONSENSUS CHARTER
Participatory Democracy Principle in Practice INTRODUCTION The ICSSI promotes, both in its internal and external relations, the establishment of participatory...
ICSSI Internal Regulations
ICSSI Internal Regulations 1.ICSSI ASSEMBLY OF MEMBERS (AoM) DEFINITION AND MAIN FUNCTIONS The Assembly of Members is the ICSSI guiding...
Mission Statement 2014
Solidarity in Action! MISSION STATEMENTThe Iraq Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) is an advocacy initiative working to build concrete links...
Kurdistan Iraq: What is Solidarity in the Time of the Coronavirus Epidemic?
Freedom of Expression and Civil Society During COVID-19. The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) continues its live webinars: this...
Building Solidarity with Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Time of the Coronavirus
With one of the world’s largest populations of migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons (IDPs), many of whom live in...
Building Solidarity Among Teachers and Students in the Time of COVID-19
No nation will enjoy security, democracy, and human rights if it fails in educating its next generation to assume informed...
Economic and Political Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Beyond the unprecedented challenges to their healthcare systems, nations also face extraordinary economic and political impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic....
Containment and Prevention of COVID-19: Building Global Solidarity
In response to the extraordinary circumstances humanity is confronting, the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), in collaboration with the...
Iraqi Civil Society Activists Deeply Concerned About a Law Giving Clerics Seats on the Federal Supreme Court
Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative, The Iraqi Social Forum Baghdad, 20 June 2019 Recent attempts by several members of the...