The Education Right, is an Empowering Right!
I went to school, read my lesson, had lunch.. Then I read what I wrote to my dad and he...
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 observatory for workers and employees’ rights second annul Report
n the light of the economic circumstances Iraq is suffering from – due to the absence of a clear economic...
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...
Statement: “Protect Iraqi Human Rights Defenders NOW!”
A joint statement of the ICSSI and the newly launched campaign “Protect Iraqi HRDs NOW!“ on the sentences imposed on...
After the Government Ejects Protesters from Tahrir Square, New Protests Erupt Demanding Payment of Government Employees’ Salaries
“Paintings and pictures of martyrs and revolutionary slogans” are all that remain in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, after the government decided...
The Rights of Workers and Employees During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Iraqi Observatory of Worker and Employee Rights, Report 1 (2020) The first report issued by the Iraqi Observatory of Worker...
Trade Unions and Workers’ Rights in the Time of COVID-19
On the occasion of May Day, or International Workers Day, when people around the world celebrate the accomplishments of the...
Workers’ Rights and Freedom of Syndicates During COVID-19
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) continues its live webinars: this time with a particular focus on Iraqi Kurdistan,...
Building Solidarity with Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Time of the Coronavirus
With one of the world’s largest populations of migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons (IDPs), many of whom live in...
Building Solidarity Among Teachers and Students in the Time of COVID-19
No nation will enjoy security, democracy, and human rights if it fails in educating its next generation to assume informed...
Economic and Political Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Beyond the unprecedented challenges to their healthcare systems, nations also face extraordinary economic and political impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic....
Containment and Prevention of COVID-19: Building Global Solidarity
In response to the extraordinary circumstances humanity is confronting, the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), in collaboration with the...