Thematic Issues


Iraq: GCHR’s 14th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations During Popular Protests

Iraq: GCHR’s 14th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations During Popular Protests

GCHR This is the 14th periodic report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) on human rights violations in Iraq....

  • Freedom of Expression
Special Report: The Rights of Workers and Employees in Iraq

Special Report: The Rights of Workers and Employees in Iraq

On the Occasion of May 1st, 2021, International Labor Day Introduction:   Iraq faces major economic challenges as a result...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Iranian Environmentalists Mark International Day Against Water Transfer

Iranian Environmentalists Mark International Day Against Water Transfer

Iranian environmentalists annually celebrate the International Day Against Water Transfer on 17 April, or 28 Favardin, according to the Persian...

  • Environment
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Flawed Trial of Journalists, Activists

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Flawed Trial of Journalists, Activists

Human Rights Watch Appeals Court Should Consider Flagrant Irregularities (Beirut) – A court in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq sentenced three journalists...

  • Freedom of Expression
Sports Against Violence-Iraq Holds Its Second Conference

Sports Against Violence-Iraq Holds Its Second Conference

Under the slogan “We build, renew, and continue to progress”, the second conference of Sports Against Violence—Iraq (SAVI) took place...

  • Sports Against Violence
Iraq’s Maritime Heritage Finds a Haven in the Classroom

Iraq’s Maritime Heritage Finds a Haven in the Classroom

Al-Fanar Media When he first glided through the Euphrates as a child in his grandfather’s “tarada,” a traditional Mesopotamian boat,...

  • Heritage
Iraqi President Says Early Elections Will Go Ahead Despite Insecurity

Iraqi President Says Early Elections Will Go Ahead Despite Insecurity

The National News Iraq is on track to hold national elections in October, but the road will be difficult as...

  • Civil Society News
Message from Humat Dijlah and Save the Tigris on the Occasion of World Water Day

Message from Humat Dijlah and Save the Tigris on the Occasion of World Water Day

Today the world celebrates World Water Day, representing a global opportunity to review water resource management policies and our consumption...

  • Environment
Water Shortage Crisis Escalating Between Turkey, Iraq and Syria

Water Shortage Crisis Escalating Between Turkey, Iraq and Syria

SavetheTigris “The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, originating in Turkey and flowing downstream over the borders of Syria and Iraq have...

  • Environment
Baghdad’s Mustansiriya Madrassa Ready for World Heritage List

Baghdad’s Mustansiriya Madrassa Ready for World Heritage List

Al-Monitor Iraq’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities announced on Feb. 5 the launch of the rehabilitation project for Mustansiriya Madrassa, a historic school building...

  • Heritage
Iraq: Popular Poet Jaseb Hattab Al-Heliji, Father of Kidnapped Human Rights Lawyer, Assassinated

Iraq: Popular Poet Jaseb Hattab Al-Heliji, Father of Kidnapped Human Rights Lawyer, Assassinated

 GCHR The whole of Iraq was distressed after the news spread of the assassination of popular poet Jaseb Hattab Al-Heliji, father...

  • Civil Society News
A Letter to His Holiness: Intervention to Advocate for Targeted Activists and Protestors as well as the Forcibly Disappeared in Iraq

A Letter to His Holiness: Intervention to Advocate for Targeted Activists and Protestors as well as the Forcibly Disappeared in Iraq

We, the undersigned, are addressing Your Holiness to request that you support Iraqi activists, protestors, and the forcibly disappeared during...

  • Civil Society News