Rethinking Sustainability in Iraqi Civil Society
As international funding declines and donor priorities shift, Iraqi civil society organizations are facing growing challenges related to financial resilience,...
Iraq
Public Statement: Condemning the Targeting of Environmental Defenders and the Undermining of Constitutional Freedoms in Maysan Governorate
Iraq – Maysan | April 29, 2026 The undersigned organizations follow with grave concern the systematic escalation against environmental activist...
Akitu: Identity, Land, Heritage, and Resilience
Akitu has begun again this year.To mark this new edition, we are sharing a piece emerging from a conversation between...
Marriage Without Safeguards: The Consequences of Iraq’s Personal Status Code
Published in: Human Rights Watch & Jummar Media – February 24, 2026 Wrote by Sarah Sanbar Iraq Researcher, Middle East...
Iraq: Six years since Tishreen protests, activists persecuted and freedom of expression in peril
This article was published on the official website of Amnesty International on 1 October 2025.The original text in English can...
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,...
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...
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 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...
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...
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,...