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Region and country Archives: Iraq

17/04/2023

NGOs and experts raise concerns over requirement for survivors to file criminal complaints to receive reparation

Statement on the implementation of the Yazidi Survivors Law: NGOs and experts raise concerns over requirement for survivors to file criminal complaints to receive reparation Experts and Non-Governmental Organisations welcomed the adoption by Iraq of the Yazidi Survivors Law on 1 March 2021, establishing an administrative reparation programme aimed at giving effect to survivors’ right […]

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30/08/2021

MENA: Enforced disappearances and accompanying impunity continue to prevail

Today, on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we the 33 undersigned local, regional, and international organizations, associations, and networks come together to highlight the dramatic and persistent nature of enforced disappearances in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the accompanying impunity enjoyed by perpetrators of […]

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Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/IRQ/CO/5, 4 November 2015: Iraq

C. Principal matters of concern and recommendations Non-discrimination and equal protection of rights 11. The Committee is concerned at allegations of acts of discrimination and violence against persons on the basis of their real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as the social stigmatization and social exclusion of these persons. Taking into […]

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