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Iraq

Iraq: Armed Groups Using Child Soldiers

Source: Human Rights Watch Armed Groups Should Immediately Demobilize Children (Beirut) – Armed groups in Iraq affiliated to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party have recruited boys and girls, Human Rights Watch said today. In two cases […]

Tuesday، 30 May، 2017

Stop Recruiting Child Soldiers in Iraq

Source: Human Rights Watch Child recruitment is losing hearts and minds, and it is costing boys and girls dearly. by Zama Neff “Daoud” said he wanted to fight “for revenge” after the Islamic State of Iraq […]

Tuesday، 30 May، 2017

Confronting the Use of Child Soldiers in Iraq

Source : Justice in Conflict by Mark Kersten Laura Nacyte joins JiC for this post on need for accountability for the use of child soldiers in Iraq. Laura is an MSc graduate of Global Security from […]

Tuesday، 23 May، 2017

UN report documents human rights violations of increasingly sectarian nature

A UN report released Monday documents widespread human rights violations of an increasingly sectarian nature in Iraq, as well as a deterioration of the rule of law in large parts of the country.

Wednesday، 25 February، 2015

Iraq: gendering authoritarianism

Source: Open Democracy Women in Iraq bear the brunt of increasing levels of gender-based violence, inadequate infrastructure and poverty. Yet women activists recognize that their struggle for equality and social justice as women cannot be […]

Monday، 13 January، 2014