The Shifting Landscape of Iraq’s Judiciary
Iraq’s judiciary stands at a critical turning point. The newly published report by LSE Middle East Centre and PeaceRep –...
Social and Economic Rights
Iraqi workers face threats, fines, demotions, travel restrictions, and arrest as they work to organize trade unions. The government frequently interferes in internal union affairs. Suppression of workers’ rights has been most severe in the oil sector. Lack of a just labour law, consistent with internationally recognized workers’ rights, is the most important obstacle the Iraqi labour movement faces. Iraq’s current labour law, which dates back to Saddam’s era, classifies most Iraqi workers as civil servants and prohibits them from forming unions. ICSSI partners have pledged to work to pressure the Iraqi parliament to pass a new labour law with the modifications to the draft law that were previously agreed upon by Iraqi labour leaders. We call on labour movements outside Iraq to organize broad international support for our efforts to win this new labour law.
Iraqi Women Network Statement for an Independent Investigation into the Death of Dr. Ban
Published by Iraqi Woman Network – 12 august 2025 To the Honorable Prime MinisterTo the Honorable President of the Supreme...
The Salary Crisis of Teachers and Employees in the Kurdistan Region: 11 Years of Waiting and Protesting
Shamal Raof, Kurdistan Social Forum The Kurdistan Region is a part of the federal state of Iraq under the constitution...
Teachers’ Ongoing Salary Crisis in Kurdistan: A Decade of Struggle
The salary crisis in the Kurdistan region has persisted for over a decade, with no resolution in sight. Nearly ten...
A statement issued by the Conference of Trade Unions and Labor Syndicates and the Iraqi Labor Council regarding the proposed law on “Regulating Trade Union Work for Workers and Employees.”
To the people of our nation, to our brave workers,A statement issued byThe Conference of Trade Unions and Labor Syndicates...
Davos Forum – Iraq PM al-Sudani
At the Davos 54th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, held from January 15 to 19, 2024, and dedicated to...
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...
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...
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...
The 10th report of the Iraqi Observatory for Workers and Employees Rights
For the period of (the 1st of October – 31st of December 2022) Contact Information: E-mail Address: almrsdalraqy@gmail.com WhatsApp: 009647801366740 ...
The 9th Report of the Iraqi Observatory for Workers and Employees Rights
Report No.9 for 2022 For the period (1st of July 2022 – 30th of September 2022) Contact Information: E-mail Address:...
The 8th report of the Iraqi Observatory for Workers and Employees Rights
For the period: (1st of April – 30th of June) 2022 The Iraqi observatory team for workers and employees’ rights...