Thematic Issues


Challenges Persist: Human Rights in Iraq

Challenges Persist: Human Rights in Iraq

The 29th Periodic Report on human rights in Iraq paints a stark picture of ongoing challenges. Enforced disappearances, gender equality,...

  • Human Rights
Impunity Watch Statement

Impunity Watch Statement

A group of our partners in Iraq gathered along with families of victims of forced disappearances on Tuesday, August 15th,...

  • Civil Society News
Iraqi Defenders after Twenty Years of Change

Iraqi Defenders after Twenty Years of Change

19th of July: Hoqoq Observatory for Human Rights Defenders launched a groundbreaking report shedding light on the challenges and risks...

  • Human Rights
The Iraqi Observatory for Workers and Employees Rights Report No. 12 for 2023

The Iraqi Observatory for Workers and Employees Rights Report No. 12 for 2023

For the period of (1st of April 2023 – 30th June 2023) Despite the challenges faced by the monitoring team...

  • Iraqi Labor Law
Urgent Appeal From the Alliance of Election Monitoring Networks and National Organizations in Iraq.

Urgent Appeal From the Alliance of Election Monitoring Networks and National Organizations in Iraq.

Baghdad, April 19, 2023 The Alliance of Election Monitoring Networks and National Monitoring Organizations  in Iraq directs its message to...

  • Civil Society News
Vague verdict and anonymous motives.

Vague verdict and anonymous motives.

The Iraqi Rusafa Criminal Court recently delivered a verdict against the accused criminal, Ahmed Hamdawi Awwad, for the heinous murder...

  • Human Rights Defenders
On World Press Freedom Day, GCHR called for better protection for journalists and freedom of expression in the MENA region.

On World Press Freedom Day, GCHR called for better protection for journalists and freedom of expression in the MENA region.

To access the complete report, simply click here, On World Press Freedom Day, celebrated every year on 03 May, the...

  • Freedom of Press
The Reality of workers and employees in Iraq

The Reality of workers and employees in Iraq

 Third Annual Report by the Iraqi Observatory for Workers and Employees rights Dedicated to the workers Day 1st of May...

  • Iraqi Labor Law
The Labor Statement on May 1st.

The Labor Statement on May 1st.

Position on economic policy and current general conditions in Iraq. The process of imposing new economic policies in Iraq, which...

  • Iraqi Labor Law
Safe Campus, Humane Practices: Condemning Harassment and Cruelty at the University of Baghdad College of Veterinary Medicine

Safe Campus, Humane Practices: Condemning Harassment and Cruelty at the University of Baghdad College of Veterinary Medicine

The recent incidents of animal killing that occurred at the Veterinary College in the University of Baghdad have raised deep...

  • Anti-Harassment
The draft law on freedom of expression, assembly, and peaceful protest threatens to further restrict constitutionally guaranteed democratic rights in Iraq.

The draft law on freedom of expression, assembly, and peaceful protest threatens to further restrict constitutionally guaranteed democratic rights in Iraq.

The Iraqi parliament reintroduced the draft law for discussion in March 2023. It is unclear which version the parliament is...

  • Freedom of Association
Statement of the Iraqi Water Week 14-22 March 2023

Statement of the Iraqi Water Week 14-22 March 2023

Water management in Iraq and its scarcity since 20 years of promised progress and a worse water situation than ever...

  • Environment