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Climate change, pollution threaten Iraq’s ancient marshes

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24 Nov 2023

A Marsh Arab man looks at a dry ground that was covered with water near Chibayish in southern Iraq © REUTERS

A combination of extreme heatwaves, water scarcity and pollution caused by oil extraction is creating a climate emergency in southern Iraq, where human rights activists like Jassim Al-Asadi are fighting to restore the region’s rich ecosystem.

UN Human Rights Chief ends visit to Iraq

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09 Aug 2023

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concludes his official visit to Iraq Baghdad, 9 August 2023 Masa Elkheir. Thank you all for coming. I have just concluded the first-ever visit by a UN...

Human Rights Chief visits Iraq

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06 Aug 2023

GENEVA/BAGHDAD (6 August 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today begins a four-day official mission to Iraq, at the invitation of the Government. During his visit, Türk will...

Iraq: UN Committee urges urgent investigation and legislation to eradicate enforced disappearances

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04 Apr 2023

GENEVA (4 April 2023) – With up to one million people estimated to have been victims of disappearance, including enforced disappearance, over the past five decades and the crisis continuing today with...

Global update: High Commissioner outlines concerns in over 40 countries

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07 Mar 2023

Item 2: Annual Report and Oral Update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of his Office and recent human rights developments Mr President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates...

Enforced Disappearance in Iraq: UN committee concludes country visit, calls for urgent legislative reform and attention to victims

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24 Nov 2022

GENEVA (24 November 2022) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) called on Iraq to take urgent action to include enforced disappearance as an autonomous offence in national legislation...

Committee on Enforced Disappearances to visit Iraq

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10 Nov 2022

GENEVA (10 November 2022) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances will visit Iraq from 12 to 24 November to identify means to tackle enforced disappearances in compliance with its mandate under...

Update on Accountability in Iraq: Limited progress towards justice for human rights violations and abuses by ‘Unidentified Armed Elements’

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Country reports

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02 Jun 2022

This report, Update on Accountability in Iraq, is UNAMI’s seventh public report on this subject since October 2019, and covers the period of 1 May 2021 to 15 May 2022. The report highlights that some...

UN Committee against Torture publishes findings on Cuba, Iceland, Iraq, Kenya, Montenegro and Uruguay

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13 May 2022

GENEVA (13 May 2022) – The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) on Friday published findings on Cuba, Iceland, Iraq, Kenya, Montenegro and Uruguay, the six State parties it reviewed during its latest...

Committee Against Torture closes its seventy-third session after adopting concluding observations on reports of Cuba, Iceland, Iraq, Kenya, Montenegro and Uruguay

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13 May 2022

The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-third session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Cuba, Iceland, Iraq, Kenya, Montenegro and Uruguay on their...