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IRAQ
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
July 2014
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Title:
Iraq. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Title:
Iraq. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
16 November 2021
Accessed Date:
19 November 2021
Title:
Baghdad: Ethnic Composition in 2015. Version 20.
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
Iraq's Ethnic Shift, 1947-2017 (detailed). Version 11.
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
Iraq: Religious Composition in 2015 (detailed). Version 4.
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing the Republic of Iraq
Code:
HCR/PC/IRQ/2019/05_Rev.2
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Baathists. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Security and humanitarian situation. Version 6.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
Access to Iraq for Iraqis and non-Iraqis
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Iraq: Targeting of Individuals.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
27 June 2019
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Iraq
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
Implementation of resolution 2522 (2020). Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
4 May 2021
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns. Version 11.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Medical and healthcare provision. Version 2
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
14 April 2021
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Iraq: Security Situation in Central and Southern Iraq. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
20 March 2020
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Country Guidance Iraq: Common analysis and guidance note.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Iraq
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
17 August 2020
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
Protection Landscapes in Diyala and Kirkuk, Iraq
Date of Document:
5 March 2020
Editor:
Alaa Kassim et al.
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
Iraq and U.S. Policy. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
12 November 2021
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard
Accessed Date:
25 November 2021
Title:
Iraq: Fixing Security in Kirkuk. Middle East Report N°215.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
15 June 2020
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Iraq: Key socio-economic indicators for Baghdad, Basrah, and Sulaymaniyah.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
November 2021
Accessed Date:
29 November 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Perceived collaborators. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
21 February 2019
Title:
Irak. Chronologie non exhaustive des principaux évènements survenus entre janvier 2019 et juin 2020
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 August 2020
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Iraq. 2021 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
31 March 2021
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report: Iraq. Security Situation.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
October 2020
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Iraq. The return to Sinjar.
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
20 November 2020
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Actors of protection. Version 1.0
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2020
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Irak. Chronologie non exhaustive, par gouvernorat, pour la période du 12 octobre 2019 au 11 janvier 2020
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 January 2020
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Irak : Situation sécuritaire : Chronologie non exhaustive, par gouvernorat, pour la période du 12 avril au 11 juillet 2019
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 July 2019
Accessed Date:
22 October 2020
Title:
Iraq. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
Accessed Date:
22 April 2022
Title:
Iraq. Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Iraq. Addendum: Information received from Iraq on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CCPR/C/IRQ/CO/5/Add.1
Date of Document:
18 August 2017
Accessed Date:
14 February 2018
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Iraq: The Protest movement and treatment of protesters and activists.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
October 2020
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Iraq. Freedom in the World 2021.
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Iraq. World Report 2021: Events of 2020.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Security situation in Erbil [Arbil, Irbil], including activities of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) [Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, Islamic State (IS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Daesh] (2017–September 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 September 2020
Accessed Date:
26 October 2020
Title:
Security situation in Sulaymaniyah; activities of muslim fundamentalist groups, including ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) [also known as Islamic State (IS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Daesh] (2015-February 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 March 2016
Accessed Date:
28 October 2016
Title:
Northern Iraq: Security situation and the situation for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the disputed areas, incl. possibility to enter and access the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI)
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
5 November 2018
Accessed Date:
13 February 2019
Title:
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Authorities must end protests-related repression
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 June 2021
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Iraq's Compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Suggested List of Issues Relating to the Death Penalty
Source:
The Advocates for Human Rights; The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Date of Document:
22 June 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
“We Might Call You in at Any Time”: Free Speech Under Threat in Iraq
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
15 June 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Iraq: Submission to the List of Issues to be taken up in connection with the consideration of Iraq's sixth periodic report by the Human Rights Committee
Date of Document:
26 May 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Update on Demonstrations in Iraq: Accountability for Human Rights Violations and Abuses by Unidentified Armed Elements
Source:
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
Date of Document:
May 2021
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
13 May 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Iraq
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRQ/1
Date of Document:
22 August 2019
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRQ/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 August 2019
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Iraq
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRQ/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
19 August 2019
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
No matter of choice: Displacement in a changing climate
Source:
Social Inquiry et al.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Implementation of resolution 2576 (2021). Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
3 August 2021
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Manifestations d'octobre 2019 et répression par les autorités irakiennes.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
14 February 2020
Accessed Date:
25 November 2021
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Iraq's Constitution of 2005
Source:
Iraq; Comparative Constitutions Project
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Passports, including appearance and security features; procedure to apply from within the country and from abroad (2016-February 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 February 2019
Accessed Date:
26 February 2019
Title:
Paperless People of Post-Conflict Iraq. Denied rights, barred from basic services and excluded from reconstruction efforts.
Source:
Danish Refugee Council et al.
Date of Document:
16 September 2019
Author:
Alexandra Saieh; Naomi Petersohn
Accessed Date:
10 October 2019
Title:
Requirements and procedures for obtaining medical reports in Kurdistan, particularly Sulaymaniyah, including who can obtain them and whether they can be obtained from abroad; whether reports are kept by hospitals for short-term patients who stayed fo...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 September 2016
Accessed Date:
14 February 2017
Title:
Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI): Report on issuance of the new Iraqi ID card
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
13 February 2019
Title:
Iraqi Nationality Law. Law 26 of 2006.
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Title:
Iraq: Travel documents and other identity documents
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
16 December 2015
Accessed Date:
21 July 2016
Title:
Availability of fraudulent identification documents, including passports, national identity cards, certificates of nationality and birth certificates; state efforts to combat fraud (2014-January 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 February 2016
Accessed Date:
26 February 2016
Title:
Refugees Country Briefing: Iraq
Source:
European Network of Information Centres in the European Region; National Academic Recognition Information Centres in the European Union
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
14 February 2018
Title:
The Foreigner's Residence Card issued in the Kurdistan region, including purpose and validity; status afforded by the card, including access to employment and services and the ability to return and reside in Iraq; requirements and procedures for...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 October 2017
Accessed Date:
6 February 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain one of the new national identity cards, including from abroad and by proxy; information on the expansion of the issuance program, including when, where and to whom the new national identity cards have been issued...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 August 2017
Accessed Date:
6 February 2018
Title:
Information on the appearance of passports, including whether there have been any changes since 2009, including the placement of fields on biometric data page; whether passports issued in the Kurdistan region differ in appearance compared to ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 July 2017
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Iraq. Report on Citizenship Law.
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship
Observatory.
Date of Document:
May 2021
Author:
Abdullah Omar Yassen
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Iraq. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Iraq's Paramilitary Groups: The Challenge of Rebuilding a Functioning State. Middle East Report N°188.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
30 July 2018
Accessed Date:
10 October 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note Iraq: Opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2021
Accessed Date:
19 November 2021
Title:
Republic of Iraq. Election for Majlis An-Nuwwab Al-`Iraqiyy (Iraqi Council Of Representatives) of 12 May 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
13 February 2019
Title:
How to Cope with Iraq's Summer Brushfire. Middle East Briefing N°61.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
31 July 2018
Accessed Date:
13 February 2019
Title:
Republic of Iraq. Referendum of 25 September 2017.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
13 February 2019
Title:
Iraqi Kurdistan's Regional Elections Test a Brittle Status Quo
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 September 2018
Accessed Date:
13 February 2019
Title:
About parliament. Iraq: Council of Representatives of Iraq.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
19 November 2021
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Iraq's Criminal Laws Preclude Justice For Women and Girls
Source:
Global Justice Center
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
10 October 2019
Title:
Iraq. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Promotion and Protection of Rights of Victims of Sexual Violence Captured by ISIL/ or in Areas Controlled by ISIL in Iraq
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
Date of Document:
22 August 2017
Accessed Date:
14 February 2018
Title:
Irak : Divorce, remariage et naissances hors mariage au Kurdistan irakien
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
30 December 2016
Accessed Date:
14 February 2018
Title:
Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI): Women and men in honour-related conflicts
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
9 November 2018
Accessed Date:
13 February 2019
Title:
The Condemned: Woman And Children Isolated, Trapped And Exploited In Iraq
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 April 2018
Accessed Date:
13 February 2019
Title:
Honour-based violence in the Kurdistan region; state protection and support services available to victims
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 February 2016
Accessed Date:
26 February 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note Iraq: ‘Honour' crimes. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Whether doctors in the Kurdish autonomous region are assigned to practice medicine in particular locations by the Ministry of Health or whether they can practice medicine in a location of their choosing; whether this applies to male and female doctors; treatment of female doctors by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) (2014-November 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 November 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Gender Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iraq: Conducted in Kirkuk, Diyala and Sulaimaniyah Governorates
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Social norms structuring masculinities, gender roles, and stereotypes. Iraqi men and boys' common misconceptions about women and girls' participation and empowerment.
Date of Document:
August 2021
Author:
Luisa Dietrich at al.
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Broken Home: Women's housing, land and property rights in post-conflict Iraq
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
11 May 2020
Author:
Daniel Gorevan; Sanne Boswijk
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Human Rights Violations Against Women and Girls in Iraq: A Report for the United Nations Human Rights Committee
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
12 November 2019
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Iraq. Children and armed conflict in Iraq - Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
23 December 2019
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Community perceptions of Sexual and Gender Based Violence. Conducted in Anbar and Diyala Governorates.
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Iraq. State Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
10 October 2019
Title:
Violence and Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Iraq
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
10 October 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Winning the Post-ISIS Battle for Iraq in Sinjar. Middle East Report N°183.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
20 February 2018
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Public Safety and Security Perception Survey Report in Iraq. Comparative Analysis in Six Governorates: Baghdad, Anbar, Diyala, Erbil, Karbala and Salah al-Din.
Source:
AL-Nahrain Center for Strategic Studies
Date of Document:
22 January 2018
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Iraq. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Iraq: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 July 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Threats made by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) [Islamic State (IS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or Daesh] to persons who have worked for the US in the Kurdistan region, including methods by which threats are made ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 October 2016
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Iraq. ISIL/Da'esh Committed Genocide of Yazidi, War Crimes against Unarmed Cadets, Military Personnel in Iraq, Investigative Team Head Tells Security Council
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
10 May 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Iraq: Treatment of Iraqis with perceived affiliation to ISIL.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
October 2020
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Iraq Country Security Report
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
2 September 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
When Measuring ISIS's “Resurgence”, Use the Right Standard
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
13 May 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Iraq: thousands of police officers have died in the line of duty
Date of Document:
14 May 2021
Author:
Lily Hamourtziadou
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Letter dated 1 May 2021 from the Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant addressed to the President of the Security Council
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
3 May 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Irak : Corruption et fraude documentaire. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
20 May 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Irak : Situation des personnes ayant collaboré avec les Étas-Unis vis à vides milices loyales à l'Iran
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 December 2020
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
The Road to Justice: A Long Way to go
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
10 October 2019
Title:
Human Rights in the Administration of Justice in Iraq: legal conditions and procedural safeguards to prevent torture and ill-treatment
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
Date of Document:
August 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
“Life Without a Father is Meaningless”: Arbitrary Arrests and Enforced Disappearances in Iraq 2014-2017
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 September 2018
Accessed Date:
10 October 2019
Title:
Investigation courts, including role, activities and locations, particularly in Baghdad; requirements and procedures to report a crime to an investigation court; requirements and procedures to obtain court reports, including their ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 February 2019
Accessed Date:
26 February 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
7 September 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Title:
Flawed Justice: Accountability for ISIS Crimes in Iraq
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 December 2017
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Iraq. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
28 October 2020
Title:
Irak : recrutement forcé de jeunes hommes sunnites par les milices chiites de la province de Dhi Qar (Nassiriyah).
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 June 2016
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Sunni Tribal Forces
Source:
Global Public Policy Institute
Date of Document:
30 August 2017
Accessed Date:
14 February 2018
Title:
“Punished for Daesh's Crimes”: Displaced Iraqis Abused by Militias and Government Forces
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 October 2016
Accessed Date:
28 October 2016
Title:
Police procedures in the Kurdistan region for issuing a notice to appear (summons) at a police station, including whether it is issued in writing to the individual at their residence; whether an arrest warrant follows if the notice to appear i...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 November 2016
Accessed Date:
14 February 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a police report in Kurdistan, both within the country and abroad; information on submitting a police complaint in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; whether the police produces a written report when a complaint is...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 April 2017
Accessed Date:
6 February 2018
Title:
The Future Threat of the PMF. The Hashd al-Shaabi and Iraq: Subnationalism and the State.
Source:
Middle East Research Institute
Date of Document:
6 March 2017
Author:
Dylan O`Driscoll; Dave van Zoonen
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Irak : Éléments de contexte sur les milices chiites et leurs relations internes et externes.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 November 2016
Accessed Date:
14 February 2018
Title:
Iraq after ISIL: Sub-State Actors, Local Forces, and the Micro-Politics of Control
Source:
Global Public Policy Institute
Date of Document:
March 2018
Author:
Erica Gaston; András Derzsi-Horváth
Accessed Date:
27 February 2019
Title:
Irak : Les peshmergas. Gardes régionaux de la Région du Kurdistan d'Irak.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
29 July 2016
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Irak : Peshmerga dans la région du GRK
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
7 January 2019
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Media in Kurdistan, including social media; political affiliations of media outlets; treatment of journalists (2016-January 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 February 2019
Accessed Date:
26 February 2019
Title:
Iraq. Defending Journalism: How national mechanisms can protect journalists and address the issue of impunity.
Source:
International Media Support
Date of Document:
30 October 2017
Author:
Dhikra Sarsam; Rebaz Khursheed Mohammed
Editor:
Elisabeth Witchel; Esben Q. Harboe
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Iraq. Freedom on the Net 2021.
Author:
Hayder Hamzoz; Asia Abdulkareem
Editor:
Elisha Aaron et al.
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Freedom of Expression in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
Date of Document:
May 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Iraq. International Religious Freedom Report for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 May 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Situation and treatment of Christians, particularly in the north, the Kurdistan region, and Baghdad; government protection and support programs (2017–September 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 October 2020
Accessed Date:
26 October 2020
Title:
Iraq. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2021 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Information on the treatment of atheists and apostates by society and authorities in Erbil; state protection available (2013-September 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 September 2016
Accessed Date:
28 October 2016
Title:
Situation of Christians in Baghdad
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
15 January 2018
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Security situation in Dohuk [Dahuk], including ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) [Islamic State (IS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Daesh] activities and targeting of Christians; treatment of Christians by Kurdish authorities in Dohuk, including state protection (2014-March 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 March 2016
Accessed Date:
25 July 2016
Title:
Situation of religious minorities, including practitioners of 'Zoroastrianism' and [Yazidi]; treatment by other groups (including the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, ISIS) and the government; state protection (2011-July 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 July 2014
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Title:
Inter-sect marriage between Sunni and Shia Muslims, including prevalence; treatment of inter-sect spouses and their children by society and authorities, including in Baghdad; state protection available (2016-January 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 January 2018
Accessed Date:
7 February 2018
Title:
The Sabean-Mandaeans: Perceptions of Reconciliation and Conflict
Source:
Middle East Research Institute
Date of Document:
24 July 2017
Author:
Khogir Wirya; Dave van Zoonen
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
The Shabaks: Perceptions of Reconciliation and Conflict
Source:
Middle East Research Institute
Date of Document:
9 August 2017
Author:
Khogir Wirya; Dave van Zoonen
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Wilting in the Kurdish Sun: The Hopes and Fears of Religious Minorities in Northern Iraq
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Crispin M.I. Smith; Vartan Shadarevian
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
The Christians: Perceptions of Reconciliation and Conflict
Source:
Middle East Research Institute
Date of Document:
17 September 2017
Author:
Khogir Wirya; Linda Fawaz
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Relevant COI for Assessments on the Availability of an Internal Flight or Relocation Alternative (IFA/IRA) for Yazidis in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I)
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
18 July 2016
Title:
An Uncertain Future for Yazidis: A Report Marking Three Years of an Ongoing Genocide
Date of Document:
September 2017
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Christians and Yazidis In Iraq: Current Situation and Prospects
Source:
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Date of Document:
14 June 2017
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Irak : Situation des Irakiens convertis de l'islam vers le christianisme
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 May 2019
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Irak : Les juifs du Kurdistan irakien
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
14 February 2019
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Irak : persécution des tribus sunnites – al-Sadoun
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
26 June 2019
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Conversion to Zoroastrianism in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), including ceremony and supporting documents; treatment by society and authorities in KRI (2017-May 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 July 2019
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Religious minorities. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note Iraq: Sunni Arabs. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Legacy of Terror: The Plight of Yezidi Child Survivors of ISIS
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
30 July 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Iraq. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Protecting Religious Minorities in Northern Iraq.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 January 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Irak : Situation des yézidis
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
23 January 2020
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues on her mission to Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
9 January 2017
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Iraq. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
May 2018
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Crossroads: The future of Iraq's minorities after ISIS
Source:
Minority Rights Group International et al.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Irak : Les camps de réfugiés kurdes de Turquie au Kurdistan irakien
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 February 2016
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
COI Query Response. Iraq: Palestinians in Iraq.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
5 August 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined twenty-second to twenty-fifth periodic reports of Iraq
Code:
CERD/C/IRQ/CO/22-25
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
11 January 2019
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Blood feuds. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Iraqi Turkmen: The Controversy of Identity and Affiliation
Date of Document:
August 2021
Author:
Ali Taher Al-Hamoud
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
COI
Query Response. Iraq: Ethnoreligious minorities and stateless persons (January
2019 – August 2020).
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
September 2020
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Access to Durable Solutions Among IDPs in Iraq: Four Years in Displacement
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
13 November 2019
Accessed Date:
28 October 2020
Title:
The Long Road Home
Source:
Danish Refugee Council et al.
Date of Document:
28 February 2018
Author:
Alexandra Saieh et al.
Accessed Date:
14 February 2019
Title:
Iraq Master List Report 116 (May–June 2020). IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
23 July 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Reasons to Remain: Categorizing Protected Displacement in Iraq
Source:
International Organization for Migration et al.
Date of Document:
21 November 2018
Accessed Date:
14 February 2019
Title:
Relevant Country of Origin Information to Assist with the Application of UNHCR's Country Guidance on Iraq
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
11 January 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Iraq: Country of Origin Information on Access and Residency Requirements in Iraq. Ability of Persons Originating from Formerly ISIS-Held or Conflict-Affected Areas to Legally Access and Remain in Proposed Areas of Relocation
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
25 April 2019
Accessed Date:
10 October 2019
Title:
Exiles in their own Country: Dealing with displacement in post-ISIS Iraq. Middle East & North Africa Briefing No79.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
19 October 2020
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Integrated Location Assessment IV
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
30 March 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Reasons to Remain (Part 2): Determinants of IDP Integration into Host Communities in Iraq
Source:
International Organization for Migration et al.
Date of Document:
18 April 2019
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Nowhere to return to: Iraqis' search for durable solutions continues
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
14 February 2019
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Iraq: Internal Mobility.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Arabs Blocked from Returning
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 July 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 November 2021:
Title:
Iraq. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Additional Info.:
Addendum regarding reproductive rights was added on 4 November 2021
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/iraq
Accessed Date:
19 November 2021
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