The Syrian City of Qamishlo Celebrates Peaceful Coexistence
Syria – Qamishlo There is virtually no disagreement about the need to ensure certain fundamental rights to all people, such...
Thematic Issues
Providing a Secure Environment for Defenders of Free Speech in the KRI
One of the main goals of the Kurdistan Social Forum has been to monitor and improve freedom of expression in...
Open Letter by CPT on the current protests in the Kurdistan Region
To whom it may concern, Your urgent attention is needed in regards to widespread human rights violations currently taking place...
Iraqi Unions Continue Struggle to End Unjust Laws Restricting Union Freedoms
Baghdad – Social and Economic Rights Path – November 2017 During its thirty-third regular session on Monday, November 20, the...
Iraqis Fear Earthquakes, Terrorism Could Lead to Dam Catastrophe
Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor, 4 December 2017 BAGHDAD — International experts arrived in Baghdad Nov. 21 to assess the damage...
Book Launch for “Catastrophe: The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past”
On Saturday, November 18, the Iraqi Social Forum held a book launch for Catastrophe: The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s...
Commentary: Why Iraq should limit Islamic State trials
By Sarah Leah Whitson (Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch) REUTERS, December 5, 2017 At the...
Fourth Iraqi Social Forum “Rights and Peace”
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative – December 2017 The Iraqi Social Forum (ISF) continues to be one of the...
Iraqi Unions Prepare for the 4th Season of the Iraqi Social Forum
By ICSSI Secretarite Iraqi unions continue their preparations for the 4th season of Iraqi Social Forum, which will launch on...
Tanjero: the Struggle to Clean Up a Neglected River
For years in the city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan waste has been dumped at a site close to the...
Participate in Save the Tigris Program of the Fourth Iraqi Social Forum!
Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes – Baghdad Less than 2 weeks prior to the start of the 4th Iraqi...
The Digital Clinic: A New Resource to Protect Women Activists on Social Media!
By ICSSI Secretariat – November 2017 Women journalists, activists and human rights defenders tend to minimize the importance of protection...