Iraq


World Youth Day in Iraq: What about the “Vision 2030”?

World Youth Day in Iraq: What about the “Vision 2030”?

Published by PIHN Campaign | Observatory to Protect Human Rights Defenders in Iraq –12 August 2025 On World Youth Day,...

  • Freedom of Expression
GCHR’s periodic report on human rights violations in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region

GCHR’s periodic report on human rights violations in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region

18 March 2025: The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has published its periodic report on human rights violations in...

  • Civil Society News
USAID’s fall, Iraq’s call, losses appal

USAID’s fall, Iraq’s call, losses appal

This article was published on April 2, 2025 on Shafaq New Shafaq News/ Iraq’s civil society is on the brink...

  • Civil Society News
Civil Campaign Documents Over 44 Human Rights Violations in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region in One Year 

Civil Campaign Documents Over 44 Human Rights Violations in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region in One Year 

The “Protect Iraqi Human Rights Defenders Now” campaign documented 44 different cases of violations against human rights defenders and civil...

  • Civil Society News
Davos Forum – Iraq PM al-Sudani

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...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Four Years Since Iraq’s Uprising: Unanswered Demands

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...

  • Human Rights
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
End Cross Border Bombing Campaign: Revealing Civilian Casualties in Turkish Military Operations in Northern Iraq (2022)

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...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
The Revised Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation, and Peace, and Education Relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

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...

  • 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