ICSSI Statement in Solidarity with Palestine
We, the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), express our unwavering solidarity to the Palestinian people and call for an...
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Four Years Since Iraq’s Uprising: Unanswered Demands
October 1st, 2019, marked a pivotal moment in Iraq’s history when hundreds of protesters flooded the streets of Baghdad and...
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,...
Impunity Watch Statement
A group of our partners in Iraq gathered along with families of victims of forced disappearances on Tuesday, August 15th,...
End Cross Border Bombing Campaign: Revealing Civilian Casualties in Turkish Military Operations in Northern Iraq (2022)
The “End Cross Border Bombing” campaign report, launched on the 27th of July 2023, has exposed the devastating impact of...
The Revised Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation, and Peace, and Education Relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
UNESCO April 4, 2023. On April 4, 2023, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) unveiled the Revised...
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...
Smile for the police camera”: Defamation of Detention Center Cameras
By Ali Al-Nasiri May 18, 2023 The lives of Ahmed and Wissam were turned upside down after they were falsely...
Open Letter To: Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani
Open Letter: The Prime Minister of Iraq must commit to #KeepItOn at the upcoming cabinet meeting, and put an end...
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...
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...
Civil society urges Iraq to intensify efforts to combat enforced disappearance.
6th of April 2023 A group of Iraqi and international non-governmental organizations urged the Iraqi government in a joint statement...