Category: Iraq

Iraqi President Salih sent draft bill on genocide against Yazidis

April 10, 2019July 10, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève 693 Comments

In 2014 Sinjar, home to Yazidi ethno-religious minority, was the site of what the United Nations called an ISIS-led genocidal campaign.

Iraq, News, War Crimes

10.000 rights violations in the Kurdistan Region in 10 months

December 10, 2018July 10, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Serious human rights violations have been seen in the Kurdistan Region. The family, the society and the government violate women’s rights in the Kurdistan Region. There was an armed attack against the Sulaymaniyah Center Against Violence Against Women on November 29, 2018.

Iraq, News

HRW: 32 arrested at peaceful protest in KRG

March 16, 2017July 27, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève 1 Comment

Human Rights Watch called for the immediate release of 6 people who were detained during a peaceful demonstration in Hewler in protest at the clashes in Shengal.

Iraq, Reports

AI condemn shooting of human rights lawyer

July 1, 2011July 10, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Iraqi Kurdish authorities must immediately launch an independent investigation into attacks on those with links to pro-reform protests, Amnesty International said after a human rights lawyer was shot.

Iraq, Reports

The Kurdish Center for Human Rights was established in Geneva in 2000, according to the Suisse civil law. In response to the genocide, war crimes and human rights violations occurring across the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.

The KCHR, as a non-profit organization of social utility, was born from the need to inform the European and Swiss people and the OHCHR on human rights violations against the Kurds via seminars and other dialogue platforms and to attend their meetings; to establish a dialogue with NGO’s, civil movements, associations, government and civil institutions.. Read More….