A Message on Ilisu Dam From Iraqi Civil Society to the Turkish Government
Humat Dijlah Association (Tigris River Protectors) – the Iraqi partner for Save the Tigris Campaign – and a wide range...
News
Read the latest articles
Creating New Water Protectors and Activating Environmental Advocacy Movements
The Peace Forums in Anbar (Hit, Ramadi and Falluja), working within the framework of the Iraqi Social Forum and in...
The World Heritage Committee Should Step Up to Protect the Iraqi Marshes From Harm – A Report On the 2019 WHC Session in Baku
With the filling of the Ilisu Dam reservoir imminent, the annual session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) in...
Rivers Are the World’s Heritage. Time to Treat Them as Such.
Commentary by Josh Klemm on 1 July 2019, This July represents a critical opportunity to protect rivers and the World...
UNESCO Should Address the Impacts of Upstream Dam Construction on the Ahwar of Iraq and Support Transboundary Water-Sharing Agreements
Press Statement by Save the Tigris Campaign The following resolution submitted by Save the Tigris Campaign was adopted by the...
The Fallujah Social Cohesion Council Discusses the Risks and Disaster Reduction Law
On 25 May 2019, the Fallujah Social Cohesion Council in cooperation with the Minorities and Displaced People masar (path) of...
Trevi return Mosul Dam to the Iraqi technicians, but this dam is effectively a construction project that never ends
By Elizabeth Ingram – Hydro ReviewContent Director Iraqi, U.S. and Italian officials have celebrated the completion of a project to shore up...
A Successful Dialogue Session about Fair and Just Work Practices
To mark International Labor Day, the Baghdad Social Cohesion Council held a dialogue session on 30 April 2019 to discuss...
With a Paper and Pen, Dreams Can Come True
For the first time since its establishment, the theater group from the Arts of Peace team put on a comic...
Social media and peace building workshop
The Hit Peace Forum held its first training workshop this year. The workshop focused on the role of social media...
The Turkish city of Hasankeyf will welcome its tourists under water
Hasankeyf is located in southeast Turkey, on the banks of the Tigris River in a predominantly Kurdish area. At 12,000...
Iraqi Civil Society Activists Deeply Concerned About a Law Giving Clerics Seats on the Federal Supreme Court
Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative, The Iraqi Social Forum Baghdad, 20 June 2019 Recent attempts by several members of the...