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In response to the humanitarian needs of refugees and asylum seekers, UNHCR has long provided protection services, including support for survivors of gender-based violence, child protection, and the establishment of refugee community centres and services in…
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26 September 2025 Delivered by: Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Your Excellency, Mr. Fouad Hussein, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, of Iraq, Excellencies, and Distinguished participants. The human rights situation of tens of thousands…
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26 September 2025 10:00 – 18:00 hrs Conference Room 1, United Nations Secretariat, New York Organized by the Government of the Republic of Iraq with the technical support of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Chair’s Summary The High-Level International…
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Introduction Online violence has emerged as a new and insidious threat in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, with profound implications for the well-being of all, but particularly grave consequences for already vulnerable groups, including women and children.…
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Distinguished Presidents, Distinguished Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to participate with you on behalf of the United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) in this event. I would like to start by expressing my condolences for all the martyrs,…
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Iraq In Iraq, diverse women human rights defenders (WHRDs) and women’s groups are at increasing risk of targeted violence and hate campaigns by a growing anti-gender movement. Mirroring trends of anti-gender and anti-rights measures in other countries,…
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Slemani, Iraq — The recent passage of amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law on 21 January 2025 has sparked widespread concern, particularly about its potential impact on the rights of women, children and families. The amendments…
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The EUAA has published an updated common analysis of the situation in Iraq. It is the joint assessment of EU+ countries and is based on the Agency’s latest Country-of-Origin Information (COI). The Agency has taken a…
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Recommendations to the Security Council Central African Republic (CAR) Local militias known as anti-balaka, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), the Front populaire pour la renaissance de la Centrafrique (FPRC), Mouvement patriotique pour la Centrafrique (MPC),and Union pour la…
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Data referenced is based on information UNHCR has collated from Government sources and partners between 27 September and 29 October.(1,2) Situation Overview UNHCR is aware of 25,464 refugees from Lebanon who have arrived to Iraq since the escalation…
