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28 February 2017
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:
12 January 2017
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Operational Guidance Note: Iraq
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
22 August 2014
Accessed Date:
3 October 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; country overview; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; femicide; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; nationality; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations; rejected asylum seekers; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons; tribes/clans
Title:
UNHCR IDP Operational Update - Iraq
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
18 July 2016
Keywords:
conflict; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; map; statistics
Title:
Fourth report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 7 of the resolution 2233 (2015)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
5 July 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Iraq
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
31 May 2012
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; crime; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; marriage; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons; tribes/clans
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Ba'athists. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iraq: Security situation in the ‘contested' areas. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
The Islamic State and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
2 February 2017
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard; Carla E. Humud
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Iraq: 1 November 2015 – 30 September 2016
Source:
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Assistance Mission for Iraq.
Date of Document:
30 December 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
UNHCR Position on Returns to Iraq
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
14 November 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
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:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
18 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; government corruption; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iraq: Return/Internal relocation. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iraq: Humanitarian situation. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
31 October 2016
Title:
Humanitarian Bulletin Iraq - December 2016.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
15 January 2017
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iraq: Security Situation in Baghdad, the south and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI): Access, Possibility of Protection, Security and Humanitarian Situation. Report from Fact Finding Mission to Erbil, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) and Beirut, Lebanon, 26 September to 6 October 2015
Source:
Danish Immigration Service
Date of Document:
April 2016
Accessed Date:
18 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; citizenship; document fraud; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; gender equality; identity documents; internal displacement; legal system; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; religion; transport infrastructure
Title:
Relevant COI for Assessments on the Availability of an Internal Flight or Relocation Alternative (IFA/IRA) in Baghdad for Sunni Arabs from ISIS-Held Areas
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
18 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; government corruption; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iraq: Sunni (Arab) Muslims. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
28 October 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iraq: Religious minorities. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
28 October 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Iraq: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
28 October 2016
Title:
Iraq: Linguistic Composition. Version 8.
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Baghdad: Ethnic Composition in 2015
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq's Ethnic Shift, 1947-2017 (detailed)
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq: Religious Composition (detailed)
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 April 2016
Accessed Date:
18 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; warrants
Title:
Iraq. Amnesty International Report 2016/17: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Country of Origin Information Report: Iraq
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
30 August 2011
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; citizenship; conflict; country overview; crime; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; honour crimes; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; identity documents; internal displacement; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; map; marriage; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; race; rejected asylum seekers; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons; tribes/clans; warrants
Title:
Iraq's Minorities and Other Vulnerable Groups: Legal Framework, Documentation and Human Rights
Source:
Institute for International Law and Human Rights
Date of Document:
May 2013
Accessed Date:
14 January 2014
Keywords:
children; citizenship; country overview; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; female genital mutilation; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; humanitarian situation; identity documents; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; minorities; nationality; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Iraq. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
21 July 2016
Title:
Iraq. World Report 2017: Events of 2016.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Iraq in the light of abuses committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and associated groups.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
27 March 2015
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; internal displacement; legal system; marriage; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; religion; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Report on Human Rights in Iraq: January to June 2016
Source:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Assistance Mission for Iraq Human Rights Office.
Date of Document:
5 December 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
National Report Submitted in Accordance with Paragraph 5 of the Annex to Human Rights Council Resolution 16/21: Iraq
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/20/IRQ/1
Date of Document:
22 August 2014
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
children; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; nationality; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political organizations; sexual minorities; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Iraq. Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. 115th Session (19 October 2015 – 6 November 2015).
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 October 2015
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; judicial efficacy; legal system; penal system; police/security forces complaints; torture
Title:
Iraq: Baghdad – the security situation as of February 2015
Source:
Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo
Date of Document:
13 February 2015
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; internal displacement; minorities; nationality; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion
Title:
Iraq: Security and internally displaced people in Salahaddin province
Source:
Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo
Date of Document:
March 2015
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of the press; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
Iraq: The situation in Ninewa province
Source:
Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo
Date of Document:
17 February 2015
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; internal displacement; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; social services
Title:
Irak. La situation sécuritaire dans le sud de l'Irak.
Source:
Belgium. Commissariat général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 December 2015
Accessed Date:
28 February 2017
Title:
Security Situation in Baghdad – The Shia Militias
Source:
Finland. Finnish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
29 April 2015
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; internal displacement; minorities; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
Security situation in Erbil [Arbil, Irbil], including ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) [also known as Islamic State (IS), and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)] activities (November 2014-...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 February 2016
Accessed Date:
26 February 2016
Title:
Iraq: Security situation and internally displaced people in Diyala, April 2015
Source:
Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo
Date of Document:
24 April 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; religion; social services
Title:
Iraq: Security situation and internally displaced people in Anbar province, March 2015
Source:
Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo
Date of Document:
3 March 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; internal displacement; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; religion; tribes/clans
Title:
Iraq: Security situation and internally displaced people in Kirkuk province - May/June 2015
Source:
Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo
Date of Document:
2 July 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; internal displacement; minorities; police/security forces; religion
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 December 2014
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; internal displacement; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Banished and Dispossessed: Forced Displacement and Deliberate Destruction in Northern Iraq
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 January 2016
Accessed Date:
10 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; internal displacement; legislation; map; police/security forces; political activities; religion; statistics
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
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Iraqi Constitution
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
children; citizenship; ethnic and national groups; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; legal system; legislation; nationality; police/security forces; political activities; religion
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a passport from within and outside of Iraq, including procedures to obtain a passport for youth, women, and Bahais; length of time to issue passports; features of the new A-series passport; validity of the G-, ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 December 2011
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
children; gender equality; identity documents; religion
Title:
Civil Status Identification Card, including purpose and validity; requirements and procedures for the issuance, renewal and replacement of cards, including the location of issue; frequency of fraudulent identity cards (2011-November 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents; internal displacement
Title:
Nationality Certificate, including purpose and validity; requirements and procedures for the issuance, renewal and replacement; frequency of fraudulent certificates (2011-November 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents; internal displacement
Title:
Residence Card and Public Distribution System (PDS) ration card, including purpose and validity; requirements and procedures for the issuance, renewal and replacement of the cards; frequency of fraudulent cards; whether a person can live in ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents; internal displacement
Title:
Iraqi Nationality Law. Law 26 of 2006.
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; gender equality; legislation; nationality
Title:
Iraq: Travel Documents and Other Identity Documents
Source:
Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo
Date of Document:
16 December 2015
Accessed Date:
21 July 2016
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents
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
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Abadi's Failed Reforms
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
17 November 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
corruption; ethnic and national groups; legislation; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
Kurdish political parties in Iraq. The Kurds. History - Religion – Language – Politics.
Source:
Austria. Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior.
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
election; ethnic and national groups; legal system; nationality; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
A Cross-Sectarian Vision for Defeating the Islamic State in Iraq
Source:
Carnegie Middle East Center
Date of Document:
6 July 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Shia-Centric State Building and Sunni Rejection in Post-2003 Iraq
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
7 January 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraqi Stability and the “ISIS War”
Source:
Center for Strategic & International Studies. Burke Chair in Strategy.
Date of Document:
12 August 2015
Author:
Anthony H. Cordesman
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
The Sunni Predicament in Iraq
Source:
Carnegie Middle East Center
Date of Document:
3 March 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq: Politics and Governance
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
9 March 2016
Author:
Kenneth Katzman; Carla E. Humud
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; corruption; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; trafficking in persons
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 — Iraq Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
25 February 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; corruption; crime; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; torture; trafficking in persons; warrants
Title:
Where does tribal influence fit in Iraqi politics?
Date of Document:
24 August 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Republic Of Iraq. Election for Majlis An-Nuwwab Al-`Iraqiyy (Council Of Representatives) of 30 April 2014.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Date of Document:
30 April 2014
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
election; political organizations; statistics
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Concluding Observations on the Combined Fourth to Sixth Periodic Reports of Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
10 March 2014
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; female genital mutilation; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; nationality; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
The Lost Women of Iraq: Family-based violence during armed conflict
Source:
Minority Rights Group International; Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights
Date of Document:
November 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; female genital mutilation; gender-based violence; honour crimes; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; penal system; police efficacy; sexual violence
Title:
Escape from Hell. Torture and Sexual Slavery in Islamic State Captivity in Iraq.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
December 2014
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; honour crimes; marriage; minorities; religion; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Seeking Accountability and Demanding Change. A Report on Women's Human Rights Violation in Iraq. Response to the Fifth Periodic Report of the Republic of Iraq.
Source:
The Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq et al.
Date of Document:
October 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; identity documents; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; penal system; political activities; sexual violence; trafficking in persons
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
3 March 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
children; citizenship; corruption; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of expression; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; minorities; nationality; penal system; religion; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
No Place to Turn: Violence against women in the Iraq conflict
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
February 2015
Author:
Miriam Puttick, Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; statistics; trafficking in persons
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
Keywords:
family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; marriage; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Concluding Observations on the Combined Fourth to Sixth Periodic Reports of Iraq. Addendum: Information provided by Iraq in follow-up to the concluding observations
Code:
CEDAW/C/IRQ/CO/4-6/Add.1
Date of Document:
1 June 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
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 femal...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 November 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq. State-Sponsored Homophobia. A World Survey of Sexual Orientation Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
When Coming Out is a Death Sentence. Persecution of LGBT Iraqis.
Source:
Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq; The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission; MADRE
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities
Title:
Dying to be Free: LGBT Human Rights Violation in Iraq. In Response to the Fifth Periodic Report of the Republic of Iraq.
Source:
Iraqueer; MADRE; IWHR Clinic; Outright Action International
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; institutional efficacy; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Iraq: Overview corruption and anti-corruption
Source:
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
Date of Document:
20 March 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
corruption; freedom of the press; government corruption; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; police corruption; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations
Title:
II. Violence in Iraq: The Growing Risk of Serious Civil Conflict. III. Violence and Casualty Trend Estimates Through 2012. IV. The 2013 Surge in Violence and Nascent Civil War. Iraq in Crisis.
Source:
Center for Strategic and International Studies. Burke Chair in Strategy.
Date of Document:
May 2014
Author:
Anthony H. Cordesman; Sam Khazai
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
conflict; corruption; crime; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; map; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; religion; statistics
Title:
Iraq. Country Reports on Terrorism 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
conflict; document fraud; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Iraq (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
21 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; gangs; institutional efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; political activities; religion; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Information on threats made by ISIS [IS, ISIL, Daesh] to persons who have worked for the United States in Kurdistan, including methods by which threats are made; information on whether ISIS is recruiting Kurdish men, including the profile of suc...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 October 2016
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Overview of corruption and anti-corruption
Source:
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
Date of Document:
24 March 2015
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq 2016 Crime and Safety Report: Baghdad
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 February 2016
Accessed Date:
21 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of movement; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; religion; statistics; transport infrastructure
Title:
Iraq 2016 Crime and Safety Report: Erbil
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
23 February 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq 2016 Crime and Safety Report: Basrah
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 March 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
“No One Is Safe.” Abuses of Women in Iraq's Criminal Justice System.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2014
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; judicial corruption; legal system; legislation; penal system; police corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; sexual violence; torture; warrants
Title:
Report on the judicial response to allegations of torture in Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Assistance Mission for Iraq Human Rights Office.
Date of Document:
February 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; judicial efficacy; legal system; penal system; police corruption; police report; police/security forces complaints; torture
Title:
Report on the Death Penalty in Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Assistance Mission for Iraq Human Rights Office.
Date of Document:
October 2014
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; extralegal executions/killings; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Iraq under article 29, paragraph 1, of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
13 October 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system
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
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
The Iraqi Police and Security Forces. Shaping Iraq's Security Forces.
Source:
Center for Strategic and International Studies. Burke Chair in Strategy.
Date of Document:
12 June 2014
Author:
Anthony H. Cordesman; Sam Khazai
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
corruption; extremist/terrorist organizations; map; police corruption; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; statistics
Title:
Ruinous Aftermath. Militias Abuses Following Iraq's Recapture of Tikrit.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 September 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Iraq: Security Forces Detain, Abuse Protesters
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 November 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities
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:
Why Iraq's Sunnis fear new PMU law
Date of Document:
1 December 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Who are Iraq's militias?
Date of Document:
13 July 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq: Militias Held, Beat Villagers
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 November 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
A Short Profile of Iraq's Shi'a Militias
Source:
The Jamestown Foundation. Terrorism Monitor.
Date of Document:
17 April 2015
Author:
Zana K. Gulmohamad
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; police/security forces; political organizations; religion
Title:
Iraq: Turning a Blind Eye. The Arming of the Popular Mobilization Units.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 January 2017
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Mosul Journalists are Dying Amid Resounding Silence
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
27 October 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; medical records; organized crime; torture
Title:
Iraq. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Situation of Christians in the north, the Kurdistan region, and Baghdad, including incidents of violence and displacement; government protection (2010-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 January 2014
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; religion
Title:
Iraq. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
2 May 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political organizations; religion; torture
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:
The tragedy of Iraq's Sunnis
Source:
Integrated Regional Information Networks
Date of Document:
16 September 2015
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; internal displacement; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion
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
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; institutional efficacy; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; religion; statistics
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
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; religion; statistics; torture
Title:
Houses of the Holy: Iraq and the Last Days of the Mandeans. The Researcher.
Source:
Ireland. Refugee Documentation Centre.
Date of Document:
2 October 2014
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
abduction; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; marriage; minorities; religion
Title:
Between the Millstones: The State of Iraq's Minorities Since the Fall of Mosul
Source:
Minority Rights Group International et al.
Date of Document:
February 2015
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; map; marriage; minorities; organized crime; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Arming Iraq's Kurds: Fighting IS, Inviting Conflict. Middle East Report No. 158.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
12 May 2015
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; extremist/terrorist organizations; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Iraq: ISIS Escapees Describe Systematic Rape
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 April 2015
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Keywords:
children; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; legislation; marriage; minorities; religion; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Iraq. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2016
Author:
Miriam Puttick; Derek Verbakel
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; children; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; marriage; minorities; religion; sexual violence; trafficking in persons
Title:
Submission to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Universal Periodic Review 20th session, October – November 2014 – Republic of Iraq.
Source:
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; religion
Title:
Ethnic Cleansing on a Historic Scale: Islamic State's Systematic Targeting of Minorities in Northern Iraq
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
September 2014
Accessed Date:
3 October 2014
Keywords:
abduction; children; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; marriage; minorities; police/security forces; race; religion; sexual violence; trafficking in persons
Title:
Iraq: Forced Marriage, Conversion for Yezidis
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 October 2014
Accessed Date:
21 October 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; marriage; minorities; religion; sexual violence; trafficking in persons
Title:
No Way Home: Iraq's minorities on the verge of disappearance
Source:
Minority Rights Group International; Institute for International Law and Human Rights; No Peace Without Justice; Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Date of Document:
4 July 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Concluding Observations on the Combined Fifteenth to Twenty-First Periodic reports of Iraq
Code:
CERD/C/IRQ/CO/15-21
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
22 September 2014
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
children; citizenship; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; nationality; police/security forces; religion; trafficking in persons
Title:
Iraq: Revenge attacks in Sinjar – Arab civilians pay the price for IS crimes
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 June 2015
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; minorities; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual violence
Title:
After ISIS. Perspectives of displaced communities from Ninewa on return to Iraq's disputed territory.
Date of Document:
16 June 2015
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Keywords:
conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; internal displacement; minorities; political activities; political organizations; religion
Title:
Iraq: Ethnic Fighting Endangers Civilians
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 January 2016
Accessed Date:
10 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; judicial efficacy; police/security forces; religion; torture
Title:
A Call for Accountability and Protection: Yezidi Survivors of Atrocities Committed by ISIL
Source:
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Assistance Mission for Iraq.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Marked with an “X” - Iraqi Kurdish Forces' Destruction of Villages, Homes in Conflict with ISIS
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 November 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
‘Where are we supposed to go?' Destruction and Forced Displacement in Kirkuk
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 November 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraqi Kurdistan: Arabs Displaced, Cordoned Off, Detained
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 February 2015
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Displacement Tracking Matrix, IDP Locations & Populations, IRAQ IDP Crisis – January 2014 to 05 January 2017.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
5 January 2017
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
In Search of Safety
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
20 July 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq: IDPs caught between a rock and a hard place as displacement crisis deepens
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
30 June 2015
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Keywords:
conflict; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; humanitarian situation; identity documents; internal displacement; map; minorities; political activities; religion; social services; statistics
Title:
Iraqi Returnees from Syria Following the 2011 Syria Crisis
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
31 March 2015
Accessed Date:
11 February 2016
Keywords:
conflict; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; labour; political activities; political organizations; social services; statistics
Title:
Iraq. Global Overview 2015: People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence.
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
May 2015
Author:
Alexandra Bilak et al.
Accessed Date:
15 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; marriage; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Internal Displacement in Iraq: More than Just Mosul
Source:
Refugees International
Date of Document:
15 November 2016
Author:
Daryl Grisgraber; Michael Boyce
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on his mission to Iraq
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
5 April 2016
Accessed Date:
21 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; domestic violence; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; identity documents; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Beyond Mosul: Iraq's displacement and sectarian timebombs
Date of Document:
22 November 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Displacement as challenge and opportunity. Urban profile: Refugees, internally displaced persons and host community. Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq's Displacement Crisis: Security and Protection
Source:
Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights and Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
21 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; religion
Title:
Why many Fallujah residents have yet to return home
Date of Document:
16 November 2016
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
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
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 October 2016:
Title:
Iraq. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
11 July 2016
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Second report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 7 of the resolution 2233 (2015)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
26 January 2016
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/56af0c454.html
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; children; conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; social services
Title:
The 'Islamic State' and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
27 June 2016
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard; Carla E. Humud
URL:
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R43612.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; honour crimes; minorities; political activities; religion; sexual violence
Title:
Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Iraq: 1 May - 31 October 2015
Source:
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Assistance Mission for Iraq - Human Rights Office.
Date of Document:
31 October 2015
URL:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/MENARegion/Pages/UNAMIHRReports.aspx
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
UNHCR Position on Returns to Iraq
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
October 2014
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/544e4b3c4.html
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; international guidance note; minorities; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Humanitarian Bulletin Iraq. April 2016.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
10 May 2016
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/ocha_iraq_humanitarian_bulletin_april_2016.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; government corruption; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Iraq. Amnesty International Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/iraq/report-iraq/
Accessed Date:
25 February 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; legal system; marriage; police/security forces; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Iraq. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/iraq
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Report on Human Rights in Iraq: January – June 2014
Source:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Assistance Mission for Iraq Human Rights Office.
Date of Document:
August 2014
URL:
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IQ/HRO_Jan-Jun2014Report_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; children; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; religion; sexual violence; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Iraq. Security Situation in South Iraq.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
29 May 2015
URL:
http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1788_1439461345_coi-focus-iraq-security-situation-in-south-iraq-0.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; humanitarian situation; map; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; statistics
Title:
Iraq. State-Sponsored Homophobia. A World Survey of Sexual Orientation Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2016
URL:
http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 July 2016
Keywords:
abduction; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; legislation; police/security forces; sexual minorities
Title:
Iraq. Freedom of the Press 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2015/iraq
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; Internet; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Iraq. International Religious Freedom Report for 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2014&dlid=238456
Accessed Date:
5 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; religion; torture
Title:
Response to the IDP Crisis in Iraq: Displacement Tracking Matrix. DTM Round 36 January 2016.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
January 2016
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/response-idp-crisis-iraq-displacement-tracking-matrix-dtm-round-36-january-2016-enarku
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Keywords:
internal displacement; map; statistics
Title:
Iraq Updates, 31 May 2012: Selected Developments and Publications since 18 March 2012 (Cut-off Date for Research, UNHCR Iraq Eligibility Guidelines)
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
31 May 2012
URL:
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain/opendocpdf.pdf?reldoc=y&docid=4fc8dd102
Accessed Date:
12 February 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; honour crimes; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; torture
Title:
Make or Break: Iraq's Sunnis and the State. Middle East Report N°144.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
14 August 2013
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/make-or-break-iraq%E2%80%99s-sunnis-and-state
Accessed Date:
14 January 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; map; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; religion; tribes/clans
Title:
Iraq's Jihadi Jack-in-the-Box. Middle East Briefing N°38.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
20 June 2014
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/53a7d14c4.html
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
conflict; corruption; election; extremist/terrorist organizations; map; police/security forces; political activities; religion
Title:
Absolute Impunity. Militia Rule in Iraq.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
October 2014
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/8000/mde140152014en.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
abduction; conflict; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; penal system; religion; torture
Title:
Northern Iraq. Civilians in the Line of Fire.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
July 2014
URL:
http://www.amnesty.ca/sites/default/files/northern_iraq_civilians_in_the_line_of_fire.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; crime; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; internal displacement; minorities; police/security forces; religion
Title:
Tel Aviv Notes. Renewed Unrest in Iraq: Religious and Tribal Factors
Source:
Tel Aviv University. The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies.
Date of Document:
11 March 2013
Author:
Rachel Kantz Feder
URL:
http://dayan.org/content/tel-aviv-notes-renewed-unrest-iraq-religious-and-tribal-factors
Accessed Date:
14 January 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; legislation; minorities; political activities; political prisoners; religion
Title:
CRS Insights. Conflict in Syria and Iraq: Implications for Religious Minorities.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
24 July 2014
Author:
Christopher M. Blanchard
URL:
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/IN10111.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
conflict; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; internal displacement; minorities; religion
Title:
From Crisis to Catastrophe: the Situation of Minorities in Iraq
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
October 2014
URL:
http://minorityrights.org/publications/from-crisis-to-catastrophe-the-situation-of-minorities-in-iraq-october-2014/
Accessed Date:
12 November 2014
Keywords:
abduction; children; citizenship; conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; race; religion; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Iraq IDP Crisis Overview, 3-18 August 2014
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/REACH_IRQ_InternalDisplacement_Report_August2014.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; freedom of movement; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; map; minorities; religion
Title:
Displaced in Iraq: Little aid and few options
Source:
Refugees International
Date of Document:
2 November 2015
URL:
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/s/Displaced-in-Iraq-Little-Aid-and-Few-Options
Accessed Date:
8 February 2016
Keywords:
conflict; freedom of movement; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; social services
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iraq: Ba'athists. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/570623/CPIN-IRQ-Baathists-November-2016.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq: Linguistic Composition. Version 8.
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
URL:
http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Iraq_Languages_lg.png
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Baghdad: Ethnic Composition in 2015
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
URL:
http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Baghdad_Ethnic_2015_lg.png
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq's Ethnic Shift, 1947-2017 (detailed)
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
URL:
http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Iraq_Ethnic_Shift_1947-2017_lg.png
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq: Religious Composition (detailed)
Source:
Gulf/2000 Project
URL:
http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Iraq_Religions_detailed_lg.png
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Shia-Centric State Building and Sunni Rejection in Post-2003 Iraq
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
7 January 2016
URL:
http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/01/07/shia-centric-state-building-and-sunni-rejection-in-post-2003-iraq-pub-62408
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
The Sunni Predicament in Iraq
Source:
Carnegie Middle East Center
Date of Document:
3 March 2016
URL:
http://carnegie-mec.org/2016/03/03/sunni-predicament-in-iraq-pub-62924
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Where does tribal influence fit in Iraqi politics?
Date of Document:
24 August 2016
URL:
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/08/iraq-politicians-tribalism-corruption.html
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Concluding Observations on the Combined Fourth to Sixth Periodic Reports of Iraq. Addendum: Information provided by Iraq in follow-up to the concluding observations
Code:
CEDAW/C/IRQ/CO/4-6/Add.1
Date of Document:
1 June 2016
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW%2fC%2fIRQ%2fCO%2f4-6%2fAdd.1&Lang=en
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
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 femal...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 November 2016
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456842
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Information on threats made by ISIS [IS, ISIL, Daesh] to persons who have worked for the United States in Kurdistan, including methods by which threats are made; information on whether ISIS is recruiting Kurdish men, including the profile of suc...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 October 2016
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456731
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Overview of corruption and anti-corruption
Source:
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
Date of Document:
24 March 2015
URL:
http://www.u4.no/publications/kurdistan-region-of-iraq-overview-of-corruption-and-anti-corruption/downloadasset/3868
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq 2016 Crime and Safety Report: Erbil
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
23 February 2016
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=19156
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq 2016 Crime and Safety Report: Basrah
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 March 2016
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=19258
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
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
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456797
Accessed Date:
14 February 2017
Title:
Why Iraq's Sunnis fear new PMU law
Date of Document:
1 December 2016
URL:
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/pmu-iraq-security-forces-shiite-sunni.html
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Who are Iraq's militias?
Date of Document:
13 July 2016
URL:
http://www.irinnews.org/analysis/2016/07/13/who-are-iraqs-militias
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq: Militias Held, Beat Villagers
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 November 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/11/20/iraq-militias-held-beat-villagers
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Iraq: Turning a Blind Eye. The Arming of the Popular Mobilization Units.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 January 2017
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde14/5386/2017/en/
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
No Way Home: Iraq's minorities on the verge of disappearance
Source:
Minority Rights Group International; Institute for International Law and Human Rights; No Peace Without Justice; Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Date of Document:
4 July 2016
URL:
http://unpo.org/article/19298
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
A Call for Accountability and Protection: Yezidi Survivors of Atrocities Committed by ISIL
Source:
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Assistance Mission for Iraq.
Date of Document:
August 2016
URL:
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IQ/UNAMIReport12Aug2016_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Marked with an “X” - Iraqi Kurdish Forces' Destruction of Villages, Homes in Conflict with ISIS
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 November 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/11/13/marked-x/iraqi-kurdish-forces-destruction-villages-homes-conflict-isis
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
‘Where are we supposed to go?' Destruction and Forced Displacement in Kirkuk
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 November 2016
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/fr/documents/mde14/5094/2016/fr/
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
In Search of Safety
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
20 July 2016
URL:
https://www.nrc.no/resources/reports/in-search-of-safety/
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Internal Displacement in Iraq: More than Just Mosul
Source:
Refugees International
Date of Document:
15 November 2016
Author:
Daryl Grisgraber; Michael Boyce
URL:
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/reports/2016/iraq
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Beyond Mosul: Iraq's displacement and sectarian timebombs
Date of Document:
22 November 2016
URL:
http://www.irinnews.org/feature/2016/11/22/beyond-mosul-iraq%E2%80%99s-displacement-and-sectarian-timebombs
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Displacement as challenge and opportunity. Urban profile: Refugees, internally displaced persons and host community. Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
August 2016
URL:
http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1480416557_duhokurbanprofilerefugeesidpsandhostcommunityenglishversionunhcranddsonov-2016.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
Title:
Why many Fallujah residents have yet to return home
Date of Document:
16 November 2016
URL:
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/fallujah-anbar-iraq-security-islamic-state-displaced.html
Accessed Date:
23 February 2017
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
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456712
Accessed Date:
14 February 2017
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