Iraq

Important Documents

4 November 2015 | MRG – Minority Rights Group International
Iraq

Report on violence against women (family-based violence; honour violence; female genital mutilation)
The Lost Women of Iraq: Family-based violence during armed conflict (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1127801
2015 | BMI - Bundesministerium für Inneres (Taucher, Wolfgang; Vogl, Mathias; Webinger, Peter [eds.]) (Author), published by BFA Staatendokumentation (Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum, COI unit)
Iran, Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey

Collection of papers on the Kurds (history; religion; language; PKK; Kurdish political parties in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran)
regiones et res publicae - The Kurds: History - Religion - Language - Politics (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1262738
October 2014 | UNAMI - United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq; OHCHR - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Author), published by UNAMI – UN Assistance Mission for Iraq
Iraq

Report on the death penalty (legal framework; use of the death penalty since 2004; allegations of human rights violations in death penalty cases)
Report on the Death Penalty in Iraq (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1290551
3 September 2014 | BBC News
Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic

Background article on the Islamist group Islamic State
What is Islamic State? (Media Report, English)
en ID 1024657
20 June 2014 | ICG – International Crisis Group
Iraq

Report on jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (fragility of state structures; corruption and sectarianism; ISIL's surge; necessity of international response)
Iraq’s Jihadi Jack-in-the-Box (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1210331
December 2013 | UNICEF – UN Children's Fund
Iraq

Country profile on female genital mutilation (FGM)
Iraq; Statistical Profile on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1436702
July 2012 | UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Iraq

Update on protection for Palestinian refugees in Iraq (current status; protection needs; legal status; security situation; armed groups; relations with security forces; living conditions; employment; education; health; etc.)
Update of UNHCR Aide-Memoire of 2006; Protection Considerations for Palestinian refugees in Iraq (Expert Opinion or Position, English)
en ID 1164650
31 May 2012 | UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Iraq

Summary associated with Guidelines for assessing international protection needs of asylum seekers from Iraq (background; main actors of persecution and violence; groups at risk; security incidents and civilian casualties; internal flight or relocation alternative; exclusion from international refugee protection)
UNHCR-Richtlinien zur Feststellung des Internationalen Schutzbedarfs von Asylsuchenden aus dem Irak (Expert Opinion or Position, German)
de ID 1148919
31 May 2012 | UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Iraq

Guidelines for assessing international protection needs of asylum seekers from Iraq (background; main actors of persecution and violence; groups at risk; security incidents and civilian casualties; internal flight or relocation alternative; exclusion from international refugee protection)
UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Iraq (Expert Opinion or Position, English)
en ID 1192032

Shia militia in Iraq

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Important Documents

Report on violence against women (family-based violence; honour violence; female genital mutilation)

Collection of papers on the Kurds (history; religion; language; PKK; Kurdish political parties in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran)

Report on the death penalty (legal framework; use of the death penalty since 2004; allegations of human rights violations in death penalty cases)

Background article on the Islamist group Islamic State

Report on jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (fragility of state structures; corruption and sectarianism; ISIL's surge; necessity of international response)

Country profile on female genital mutilation (FGM)

Update on protection for Palestinian refugees in Iraq (current status; protection needs; legal status; security situation; armed groups; relations with security forces; living conditions; employment; education; health; etc.)

Guidelines for assessing international protection needs of asylum seekers from Iraq (background; main actors of persecution and violence; groups at risk; security incidents and civilian casualties; internal flight or relocation alternative; exclusion from international refugee protection)