Iraq | MENA Rights Group

Country legislation

Antiterrorism Law of 2005

Publications Law of 1968 (AR)

National Human Rights Institution Law of 2008 (AR)

Internal Security Forces Penal Law of 2008

Cases

May 24, 2022

Yareb Jassem Ferman Siwan Al Budairi disappeared since his arrest in 2014

Photo of Al Bayati

May 05, 2022

Intimidation and reprisal against Commissioner of Iraq’s High Commission for Human Rights

Falah

April 29, 2022

Anbar resident, Falah Al Aqili, disappeared since arrest at Baghdad International Airport in 2014

AliJiyad

April 29, 2022

Ali Jiyad Hussein Al Allawi disappeared since his arrest by the PMU in 2017

Advocacy

Review of Iraq by the CAT

May 26, 2022

Torture in Iraq, isolated cases or systemic problem?

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Banner

March 01, 2022

Joint letter to the President of Iraq regarding the ongoing enforced disappearance of Abdel-Messih Sarkis

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Five detained Iraqi Kurdish journalists and activists

July 09, 2021

Increasing repression against activists, journalists and other critics in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

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Joint letter

May 03, 2021

Joint Statement: Stop violations against journalists in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

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Reports

Turkish restaurant

January 31, 2022

Report on Iraq's implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights since 2015

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Tahrir monument

February 19, 2021

Evaluation Report of the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights

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Iraqi protests

Assessment of Iraq's efforts to implement the Committee on enforced disappearances' 2015 concluding observations

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UPR Iraq

April 05, 2019

Post-ISIL, Iraq continues to systematically violate rights obligations

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Analysis

IraqiDelegation

April 11, 2022

Civil and political rights in Iraq under the scrutiny of the Human Rights Committee

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Al Tahrir Square early in the morning

September 10, 2021

Opinion Piece: Protection for Victims of Enforced Disappearance in Iraq?

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January 21, 2021

Iraq's draft cybercrime law puts free speech in grave danger

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Palais Wilson

December 02, 2020

UN Committee issues roadmap to address endemic practice of enforced disappearance in Iraq

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