The American Bar Association (ABA) Rule of Law Initiative has completed a number of studies of the Iraqi justice system including: The Judicial Reform Index (July 2006) for Iraq and for the Kurdistan Region; The Status of Women in Iraq: An Assessment of Iraq’s De Jure and De Facto Compliance with International Legal Standards most […]
Read MoreThe International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) has worked to contribute to the development of effective transitional justice strategies in Iraq since 2003. Publications include: A translation and a briefing paper on the 2008 Accountability and Justice Law; Updates 1, 2 and 3 on the Anfal trials at the High Criminal Tribunal; Dujail: Trial and […]
Read MoreThe USAID Tatweer project (development in Arabic) provides comprehensive assistance to Iraqi ministries and offices delivering services to the Iraqi people. Tatweer helps the government of Iraq rebuild its civil service as part of a general U.S. commitment to a strong, independent Iraqi government providing its people with food, medicine, power and a better future. […]
Read MoreThe Committee on the Implementation of Article 140 of the Constitution chaired by Raed Fahmi Jahed, Minister of Science and Technology, was established by order of the Prime Minister. The website (in Arabic) contains a wealth of information about the Committee’s activities.
Read MoreThe Forum Of Federations Iraq Project has been working with Iraqi professors of law and political science and officials from the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government. The Forum helped to launch the Iraqi Center for Federal Studies. More generally it is an independent organization that was initiated in Canada and is supported […]
Read MoreThe Iraqi Center for Federal Studies (ICFS) works to provide information about federalism and to build relations between academic institutions involved in research on political power-sharing elements. ICFS has been working with the Forum of Federations and Law Schools from Universities in Baghdad, Mustansariyah, Nahrain, Basrah, Mosul, Sulaymaniyah, Dohuk, Salah Adin, Koya, Kirkuk, Tikrit, Diyala, […]
Read MoreHeartland Alliance, for Human Needs and Human Rights, is an independent, non-sectarian, non-profit organization founded in 1888. Amongst its aims is the provision of legal protection for people in danger, including refugees, migrants, victims of trafficking and other vulnerable populations facing discrimination or violence. Heartland Alliance has been operating in Iraq since 2004 in areas […]
Read MoreInternational Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) supports Iraqi media outlets, journalists, media managers, and free-press advocates in their efforts to build a sustainable and professional media system as they struggle against the hardships of operating in Iraq. The project is supported by a grant from the US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, […]
Read MoreThe Centre for Global Peace is an arm of the American University in Washington DC. They have been working in Iraq to support the establishment of a Human Rights Commission and the ensuing National Human Rights Action Plan. Their research portal contains a number of interesting documents and useful links.
Read MoreThe Iraq Program of the Institute for International Law and Human Rights (IILHR) (Executive Director, William ‘Spence’ Spencer) is an NGO working with Iraqi leaders to strengthen approaches to human rights and rule of law legislation by: (1) developing draft legislation and Constitutional amendments; (2) working to enact them; (3) developing a sustainable Iraqi capacity […]
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