[23 July 2014] - Iraq’s security forces have killed at least 75 civilians and wounded hundreds of others in indiscriminate air strikes on five cities since June 6, 2014. Human Rights Watch documented 17 airstrikes, the majority in...
[20 June 2014] – Senior United Nations officials today expressed deep concern about the humanitarian situation of the estimated one million people displaced so far this year in Iraq, particularly children, who are reportedly now being...
[20 June 2014] -
Senior United Nations officials today expressed deep concern about the humanitarian situation of the estimated one million people displaced so far this year in Iraq, particularly children, who are reportedly now being...
[28 May 2014] -
A teenage school student from Erbil has made headlines after it was revealed that he was imprisoned in solitary confinement, severely tortured, simply for openly saying that he is an atheist.
Ahmad Sherwan, 16, says he...
Summary
The 20th Session of the Universal Periodic Review will take place from 27 October to 7 November 2014. Below is a list of the countries to be reviewed during the session.
Angola: UPR / Wiki
Bolivia: UPR / Wiki
Bosnia and Herzegovina:...
[9 de abril de 2014] - Las niñas menores de nueve años en Irak podrían ser legalmente casadas bajo la legislación presentada recientemente y criticada por ser una enorme regresión en los derechos de las mujeres....
[17 March 2014] - Iraq’s Council of Ministers should withdraw a new draft Personal Status Law and ensure that Iraq’s legal framework protects women and girls in line with its international obligations. The pending legislation would...
(بغداد) ـ قالت هيومن رايتس ووتش اليوم إن على مجلس الوزراء العراقي أن يسحب مشروعاً جديداً لقانون الأحوال الشخصية وأن يضمن حماية الإطار القانوني العراقي للسيدات والفتيات بما يتماشى مع التزامات العراق الدولية؛ فمن شأن التشريع المزمع أن يقيد حقوق المرأة...
جي بي سي نيوز:- شاركت نحو 20 عراقية في مظاهرة، أمس السبت، بالعاصمة بغداد احتجاجاً على مشروع قانون وافقت عليه الحكومة يسمح بزواج الفتيات في سن التاسعة، ويمنح حضانة الأبناء تلقائيا للآباء.
وكان وزير العدل حسن الشمري، العضو في حزب الفضيلة الإسلامي...
Raising awareness of Iraqis about human rights and democracy.defending and protecting human rights, particularly of marginalized and persecuted groupspromot and support new civil societysupport and improve the living standards of the persecuted and...
