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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. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
Title:
Iraq. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 February 2025
Accessed Date:
24 February 2025
Title:
Baghdad: Ethno-Religious Composition in 2020
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
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:
28 March 2023
Title:
International Protection Considerations with Regards to People Fleeing Iraq
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
30 January 2024
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Humanitarian situation. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Security situation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2022
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
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:
Iraq: Targeting of Individuals. Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Iraq. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
26 March 2024
Title:
Implementation of resolution 2631 (2022). Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
11 May 2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns. Version 14.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Healthcare and medical treatment. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2024
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
19 December 2022
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Iraq. IRC Protection Needs Overview: Monitoring and Trends. October 2022 – March 2023.
Source:
International Rescue Committee
Date of Document:
3 July 2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Iraq. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
12 January 2024
Accessed Date:
10 February 2025
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Iraq
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
16 January 2023
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Protection Landscapes in Diyala and Kirkuk, Iraq
Source:
Oxfam International
Date of Document:
5 March 2020
Editor:
Alaa Kassim et al.
Accessed Date:
19 October 2020
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
25 October 2024
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
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:
Iraq: Country Focus. Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
May 2024
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Perceived collaborators. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
Title:
Irak : Veille sécuritaire du 1er juillet 2022 au 30 juin 2023
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
20 September 2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Iraq. Humanitarian Transition Overview 2024.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
30 June 2024
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
Title:
Iraq: Security Situation. Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
May 2024
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
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 : Situation sécuritaire : 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:
Iraq. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
Iraq. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2024.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by Iraq under article 40 of the Covenant, due in 2018
Date of Document:
10 October 2019
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
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 2024.
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2025
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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:
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
16 August 2022
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
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:
Irak : 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
Title:
Drivers of Climate-Induced Displacement in Iraq: Climate Vulnerability Assessment
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
October 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in Advance of its Review of Iraq
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 January 2022
Accessed Date:
28 March 2023
Title:
GCHR's 34th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq
Date of Document:
19 November 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on her visit to Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
13 May 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and 16/21: Iraq
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/38/IRQ/1
Date of Document:
30 October 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Compilation on Iraq
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/48/IRQ/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
14 November 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Iraq
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/48/IRQ/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
6 November 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Iraq's Constitution of 2005
Source:
Iraq; Comparative Constitutions Project
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
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:
Report on Citizenship Law: Iraq
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:
25 February 2025
Title:
Law on the Residence of Foreigners
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Life in the margins: Re-examining the needs of paperless people in post-conflict Iraq
Source:
Danish Refugee Council et al.
Date of Document:
September 2022
Author:
Elysia Buchanan; Caroline Zullo.
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
COI Query Response. Iraq: Official documents.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
18 May 2022
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
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 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Taking stock of the first 100 days of Iraq's new government
Source:
Middle East Institute
Date of Document:
31 January 2023
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Iraq: A crisis of elite, consensus-based politics turns deadly
Source:
Middle East Institute
Date of Document:
15 September 2022
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Republic of Iraq. Referendum of 25 September 2017.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
26 March 2024
Title:
Iraqi Kurdistan's Political Landscape After the 2021 Elections
Source:
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Date of Document:
June 2022
Author:
Sardar Husin Aziz
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Iraq: Council of Representatives of Iraq.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Daunting and Dire: Impunity, Underfunded Institutions Undermine Protection of Women and Girls From Domestic Violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 July 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI): Issues regarding single women, documents and illegal exit
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
March 2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
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:
Iraq: Parliament Poised to Legalize Child Marriage
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 August 2024
Accessed Date:
27 February 2025
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:
Iraq. Trapped: How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women's Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
July 2023
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
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:
“My Marriage was Mistake after Mistake”: The Impact of Unregistered Marriages on Women's and Children's Rights in Iraq
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Social norms structuring masculinities, gender roles, and stereotypes: Iraqi men and boys' common misconceptions about women and girls' participation and empowerment
Source:
Oxfam International
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
Accessed Date:
26 February 2025
Title:
Irak : Les mutilations sexuelles féminines (MSF) au Kurdistan
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
21 September 2022
Accessed Date:
29 March 2023
Title:
Children and armed conflict in Iraq: Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
21 March 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
“Everyone Wants Me Dead”: Killings, Abductions, Torture, and Sexual Violence Against LGBT People by Armed Groups in Iraq
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 March 2022
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
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
Title:
“I Need to Be Free”: What It Means to be a Queer Woman in Today's Iraq
Source:
OutRight Action International; IraQueer.
Date of Document:
March 2022
Editor:
Nazeeha Saeed et al.
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Iraq: Repeal Anti-LGBT Law
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 May 2024
Accessed Date:
26 February 2025
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Iraq. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Irak : menaces du PKK contre des membres des forces de sécurité Assayech
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
24 February 2022
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Iraq. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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:
COI Query Response. Iraq: Treatment of Yazidis by the state and by society in Iraq, in particular in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI); information on recruitment of Yazidi children by armed groups, including the PKK.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
18 November 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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:
OSAC Country Security Report. Iraq.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
8 July 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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:
Corruption is the Lifeblood of Politics in Iraq
Source:
London School of Economics. Middle East Centre.
Date of Document:
November 2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
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:
Iraq: Stabilising the Contested District of Sinjar. Middle East Report N°235.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
31 May 2022
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
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:
28 March 2023
Title:
Iraq: People held in Al-Jed'ah Centre subjected to torture and enforced disappearance after arrests – new investigation
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 October 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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 second periodic report of Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
15 June 2022
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Flawed Justice: Accountability for ISIS Crimes in Iraq
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 December 2017
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Second periodic report submitted by Iraq under article 19 of the Convention, due in 2019
Date of Document:
20 November 2019
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Iraq. Alternative report submitted in the context of the review of Iraq's second period report (confidential).
Source:
Mena Rights Group
Date of Document:
16 March 2022
Accessed Date:
28 March 2023
Title:
Iraq: Surging Unlawful Executions
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 November 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Report of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances on its visit to Iraq under article 33 of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
19 April 2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
COI Query Response. Iraq: Arab tribes and customary law
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
April 2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
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:
21 March 2023
Title:
Perceptions of Police, Security and Governance in Iraq
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
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:
To Sleep the Law: Violence Against Protesters and Unaccountable Perpetrators in Iraq
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 November 2022
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
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:
Protectors of the State? The Popular Mobilisation Forces During the 2022 Post-Election Crisis
Source:
London School of Economics. Middle East Centre.
Date of Document:
April 2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
The Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq: Regional Dynamics and Local Variables
Source:
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
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: “We hold them responsible for the blood of our youth”: Five years on, impunity prevails for violations against Tishreen protesters
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
30 September 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq. Freedom on the Net 2024.
Author:
Asia Abdulkareem Answer; Hayder Hamzoz
Editor:
Amelia Larson et al.
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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:
Surge in harassment of journalists in Iraqi Kurdistan
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
20 September 2023
Accessed Date:
8 March 2024
Title:
Iraq: the escalating crackdown on civic space: Universal Periodic Review
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists; MENA Rights Group
Date of Document:
July 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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. 2024 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
1 May 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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:
Irak/Syrie : Situation des yézidis
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
23 January 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:
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 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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
Title:
Iraq. Religious Freedom Challenges in Iraq 10 years after Isis's Genocide.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
September 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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 : Le camp de réfugiés de Makhmour
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
25 September 2023
Accessed Date:
8 March 2024
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, Honour crimes and Tribal violence. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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:
11 September 2020
Accessed Date:
26 March 2024
Title:
Combined twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh periodic reports submitted by Iraq under article 9 of the Convention, due in 2023
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
25 July 2023
Accessed Date:
8 March 2024
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:
Justice Needs and Satisfaction of Forcibly Displaced Persons and Host Communities in Iraq
Source:
Hague Institute for Innovation of Law
Author:
Jelmer Brouwer et al.
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
Iraq Master List Report 131 (September – December 2023). IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
11 February 2025
Title:
Reasons to Remain: Categorizing Protected Displacement in Iraq
Source:
International Organization for Migration et al.
Date of Document:
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: Ability of Iraqis to Legally Access and Settle Durably in Proposed Areas of Internal Relocation
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
November 2022
Accessed Date:
8 March 2024
Title:
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Arabs Blocked from Returning
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 July 2020
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Exiles in their own Country: Dealing with displacement in post-ISIS Iraq. Middle East & North Africa Briefing N°79.
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:
Country of Origin Information (COI) FFM Report: Iranian Kurds in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
June 2024
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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:
26 March 2024
Title:
Iraq. Displaced and Disconnected: Middle East and North Africa Region. Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
June 2023
Accessed Date:
8 March 2024
Title:
“We are just trying to give our children a future”: Self-reliance for Syrian Refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
October 2023
Accessed Date:
8 March 2024
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 31 May 2024:
Title:
Iraq. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
13 March 2024
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iraq/
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
1 August 2023
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10404/
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Iraq. Humanitarian Needs Overview 2022.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
March 2022
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/iraq-humanitarian-needs-overview-2022-march-2022?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgY-mu_PfgwMVE3FHAR3XkwloEAAYASAAEgJNWPD_BwE
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Iraq: Security Situation. Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
January 2022
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2022_02_EUAA_COI_Report_Iraq_Security_situation.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Iraq. Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 March 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/POL1056702023ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
28 March 2023
Title:
Iraq. Freedom in the World 2023.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/iraq/freedom-world/2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Iraq. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/iraq
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
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
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRQ/1
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
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRQ/2
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
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRQ/3
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Iraq. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Iraq.html
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Iraq: Council of Representatives of Iraq.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/content/iraq?chamber_id=13422
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
URL:
https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/learning-resources/child-marriage-atlas/regions-and-countries/iraq/
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Iraq. Country Reports on Terrorism 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2022/iraq/
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Iraq: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/iraq/
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Iraq.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
18 April 2023
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/c5d1794f-1b0d-4364-b698-1c7826508d54
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Iraq. Freedom on the Net 2023.
Author:
Hayder Hamzoz; Assia Abdulkareem
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/iraq/freedom-net/2023
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Iraq. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/iraq/
Accessed Date:
26 March 2024
Title:
Iraq. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2023 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2023
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/Iraq.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 March 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Religious minorities. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2021
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006265/Iraq_-_Religious_Minorities_CPIN_v3.0__July_2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Blood feuds. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/865876/Iraq_-_Blood_Feuds_-_CPIN_v2.0_-_Feb_2020_-_EXT__004_.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Iraq Master List Report 130 (May – August 2023). IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
October 2023
URL:
https://iraqdtm.iom.int/images/MasterList/202310182845215_DTM_130_Report_May_August_2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 March 2024
Title:
Irak: Généralités. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Date of Document:
22 December 2023
URL:
https://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/asie/irak-1general.htm
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Medical and healthcare provision. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2021
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/953512/Iraq_-_Medical_and_healthcare_provision_-_v2.0_-_January_2021_-_ext.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Kurdistan irakien. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
22 December 2023
URL:
https://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/EtatsNsouverains/kurdistan-irak.htm
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
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
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2021_11_EASO_COI_Report_Iraq_Key_socioeconomic_indicators_for_Baghdad_Basrah_and_Sulaymaniyah.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 November 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Perceived collaborators. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2021
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/iraq-country-policy-and-information-notes/country-policy-and-information-note-perceived-collaborators-iraq-november-2021-accessible-version
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
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
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2054109/UNAMI_Report_Accountability_for_Human_Rights_Violations_and_Abuses_300521.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 November 2021
Title:
Iraq's Criminal Laws Preclude Justice For Women and Girls
Source:
Global Justice Center
Date of Document:
March 2018
URL:
https://wordpress-537312-2488108.cloudwaysapps.com/temp-uploads/2018/03/IraqiLawAnalysis.4.6.2018.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 October 2019
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
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/1612_irq_divorcekurdistan.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2018
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
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/IRQ/CO/7
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Children and armed conflict in Iraq: Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
26 January 2022
URL:
http://www.undocs.org/en/S/2022/46
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Community perceptions of Sexual and Gender Based Violence. Conducted in Anbar and Diyala Governorates.
Source:
Oxfam International et al.
Date of Document:
July 2021
URL:
https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/621206/rr-community-perceptions-sgbv-iraq-naseej-290721-en.pdf;jsessionid=157A4AF8F826F153059A0D405C27DD2E?sequence=1
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
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
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/iraq/183-winning-post-isis-battle-iraq-sinjar
Accessed Date:
23 February 2018
Title:
Irak : Situation des personnes ayant collaboré avec les Étas-Unis vis-à-vis des milices loyales à l'Iran
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 December 2020
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2012_irq_menaces_milices_liens_etats_unis_151502.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
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
URL:
https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sc14514.doc.htm
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
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/09/27/life-without-father-meaningless/arbitrary-arrests-and-enforced-disappearances
Accessed Date:
10 October 2019
Title:
Iraq: Unlawful Mass Executions Resume
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 January 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/24/iraq-unlawful-mass-executions-resume
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
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
URL:
https://www.ofpra.org/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/1606_irq_recrutement_force_nassiriyah.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 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
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/1611_irq_recrutementmiliceschiites.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2018
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
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/1607_irq_ft_peshmergas.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Irak : Peshmerga dans la région du GRK
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
7 January 2019
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Mittlerer_Osten_-_Zentralasien/Irak/190107-irk-peschmerga-f.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
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
URL:
https://www.mediasupport.org/publication/defending-journalism/
Accessed Date:
15 February 2018
Title:
Joint Statement: Iraqi Authorities Must Cease Chilling Crackdown on Free Speech
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 March 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MDE1465112023ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
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
URL:
https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/iom_iraq_reasons_to_remain_2.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 October 2020
Title:
Irak : Les mutilations sexuelles féminines (MSF) au Kurdistan
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
21 September 2022
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2209_irq_msf_kurdistan_106921_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 March 2023
Title:
Iraq. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/country/iraq
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Irak : menaces du PKK contre des membres des forces de sécurité Assayech
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
24 February 2022
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Mittlerer_Osten_-_Zentralasien/Irak/220224_IRK_PKK_Assayish.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Perceptions of Police, Security and Governance in Iraq
Source:
International Organization for Migration
URL:
https://iraq.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl1316/files/documents/iom-iraq-perceptions-of-police-security-and-governance-in-iraq.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
To Sleep the Law: Violence Against Protesters and Unaccountable Perpetrators in Iraq
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 November 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/11/29/sleep-law/violence-against-protesters-and-unaccountable-perpetrators-iraq
Accessed Date:
7 March 2023
Title:
Protectors of the State? The Popular Mobilisation Forces During the 2022 Post-Election Crisis
Source:
London School of Economics. Middle East Centre.
Date of Document:
April 2023
URL:
https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/118572/5/Protectors_of_the_State.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
The Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq: Regional Dynamics and Local Variables
Source:
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Date of Document:
March 2021
URL:
https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/amman/17860.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 March 2024
Title:
Iraq. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
January 2022
URL:
https://www.issa.int/sites/default/files/documents/2024-01/Iraq%202022%20-%20ISSA%20country%20profile.pdf
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Healthcare and medical treatment. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2024
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/iraq-country-policy-and-information-notes/country-policy-and-information-note-medical-and-healthcare-issues-iraq-august-2024-accessible
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
Title:
Iraq. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
12 January 2024
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/iraq
Accessed Date:
10 February 2025
Title:
Iraq: Country Focus. Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
May 2024
URL:
https://euaa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/2024-06/2024_05_COI_Report_Iraq_Country_Focus_EN_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Perceived collaborators. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2019
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2002886/Iraq+-+perceived+collaborators+-+CPIN+-+v.2.0+%28Feb+2019%29+-+ARCHIVED.docx
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
Title:
GCHR's 34th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq
Date of Document:
19 November 2024
URL:
https://www.gc4hr.org/gchrs-34th-periodic-report-on-human-rights-violations-in-iraq/
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Daunting and Dire: Impunity, Underfunded Institutions Undermine Protection of Women and Girls From Domestic Violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 July 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde14/8162/2024/en/
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq: Parliament Poised to Legalize Child Marriage
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 August 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/16/iraq-parliament-poised-legalize-child-marriage
Accessed Date:
27 February 2025
Title:
Children and armed conflict in Iraq: Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
21 March 2024
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/S/2024/247
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq: Repeal Anti-LGBT Law
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 May 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/20/iraq-repeal-anti-lgbt-law
Accessed Date:
26 February 2025
Title:
COI Query Response. Iraq: Treatment of Yazidis by the state and by society in Iraq, in particular in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI); information on recruitment of Yazidi children by armed groups, including the PKK.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
18 November 2024
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2117691/2024_11_EUAA_COI_Query_Response_Q77_Iraq_Yazidis.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq: People held in Al-Jed'ah Centre subjected to torture and enforced disappearance after arrests – new investigation
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 October 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/10/iraq-people-held-in-al-jedah-centre-subjected-to-torture-and-enforced-disappearance-after-arrests-new-investigation/
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq: Surging Unlawful Executions
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 November 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/19/iraq-surging-unlawful-executions
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq: “We hold them responsible for the blood of our youth”: Five years on, impunity prevails for violations against Tishreen protesters
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
30 September 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde14/8565/2024/en/
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq: the escalating crackdown on civic space: Universal Periodic Review
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists; MENA Rights Group
Date of Document:
July 2024
URL:
https://www.menarights.org/sites/default/files/2024-09/MRG_IRQ_UPRIV_StakeholderSubmission_July2024_Final_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Iraq. Religious Freedom Challenges in Iraq 10 years after Isis's Genocide.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
September 2024
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024%20Iraq%20Genocide%20Issue%20Brief.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
Title:
Country of Origin Information (COI) FFM Report: Iranian Kurds in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
June 2024
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/denmark/PLib/coi-ffm-iranian-kurds-in-kri-06-06-2024-ii_2.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 February 2025
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