From the Lutheran World Federation (LWF): The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has addressed the UN Human Rights Council highlighting key women's rights issues during the council's session that reviewed the human rights situation in Iraq. Iraq has made progress by setting up new shelters, hotline services, and public campaigns addressing violence against women and girls. […]
By John Lee. Front Line Defenders, an international NGO based in Ireland with special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), has prepared a report on human rights in Iraq. The report is prepared for the 46th session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), overseen […]
By John Lee. Iraq has been elected to serve on the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe. Also among the 14 states elected by secret ballot on Friday were Brazil, China, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Hungary, Japan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, […]
