Thematic Issues


Protest Letter Concerning the Treatment of a Female Journalist in Suleymaniah!

Protest Letter Concerning the Treatment of a Female Journalist in Suleymaniah!

To: Mr Nikolai Miladinov, UN Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the UNAMI Five major political parties of Kurdistan...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
A Study on the Status of Trade Unions in the Electricity Sector in Iraq

A Study on the Status of Trade Unions in the Electricity Sector in Iraq

Freedom of Association Status, A Study by Solidarity Center on the Status of Trade  October 2014 Unions in the Electricity Sector...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Kurdistan’s Battered Women: Out of Shelters, Into Danger and Honour Killings!

Kurdistan’s Battered Women: Out of Shelters, Into Danger and Honour Killings!

niqash | Alaa Latif | Sulaymaniyah When a woman leaves a shelter for battered women in Iraqi Kurdistan, her family...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Testimony about the Challenges Media Faces in Iraq after the Collapse of Mosul!

Testimony about the Challenges Media Faces in Iraq after the Collapse of Mosul!

Journalist Saadoon Mohsen Damed Madarik Foundation Testimony submitted for ICSSI Conference Oslo – Norway – November  2014   Introduction: Talking about...

  • Freedom of Expression
Yazidis In Iraq: Current Situation, Priorities And International Solidarity Needed!

Yazidis In Iraq: Current Situation, Priorities And International Solidarity Needed!

Husam Salim Ezidi Solidarity and Fraternity League Working paper dedicated for ICSSI Conference Oslo – Norway – November 2014 On...

  • Iraqi Voices
The Freedom of Expression Draft Law Restrict Freedoms and Recreates a Dictatorship!

The Freedom of Expression Draft Law Restrict Freedoms and Recreates a Dictatorship!

 Activists and Journalists Participate in a Seminar Organized by the Press Freedom Advocacy Association: Baghdad – November 15, 2014 On...

  • Freedom of Expression
Iraq’s Media Cold War: Why Arabs Don’t Understand Kurds, and Vice Versa!

Iraq’s Media Cold War: Why Arabs Don’t Understand Kurds, and Vice Versa!

niqash | Mokrayan Kawa | Erbil Although it has quite possibly never been more important, the potential for conflict and...

  • Civil Society News
Reality of Women Journalists in Iraq!

Reality of Women Journalists in Iraq!

Nibras Almamori / Director of Iraqi Women Journalists Forum Working paper dedicated for ICSSI Conference Norway – Oslo – October...

  • Freedom of Expression
Can Iraq’s Oil Workers Win Freedom of Association from the New Iraqi Government?

Can Iraq’s Oil Workers Win Freedom of Association from the New Iraqi Government?

Talib Hashim Jabur Executive Office of the Federation of Oil Unions Basra – Southern of Iraq Paper prepared for ICSSI...

  • Iraqi Voices
Amid Terror Attacks, Iraq Faces Water Crisis

Amid Terror Attacks, Iraq Faces Water Crisis

National Geographic – USA Islamic State’s assault on dams and water systems threatens Iraq’s supply, which was already squeezed by...

  • Environment
Water: A Defining Issue for Post-2015 Iraq

Water: A Defining Issue for Post-2015 Iraq

By Toon Bijnens, ICSSI and Save the Tigris Campaign Following the ICSSI Conference in Oslo (27-29 October 2014)   Recently,...

  • Environment
Open Letter on Women’s Rights in Iraq – Please Sign

Open Letter on Women’s Rights in Iraq – Please Sign

A campaign by the international women’s human rights organization MADRE. Recently, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted Resolution S-22/1...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women