front Line Defenders, an worldwide NGO based totally in ireland with special consultative reputation with the economic and Social Council of the United international locations (ECOSOC), has prepared a file on human rights in Iraq.
The file is prepared for the 46th consultation of the operating group on the accepted Periodic evaluate (UPR), overseen by way of the UN Human Rights Council.
The submission has been organized by means of the front Line Defenders primarily based on research done by means of this enterprise and records obtained from unbiased human rights defenders in Iraq from November 2019 to June 2024.
This submission examines Iraq’s compliance with its global human right responsibilities to create and keep a safe and enabling environment for defenders, consistent with the UN assertion on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). It attracts interest to the hard scenario of HRDs in Iraq because the preceding UPR consultation in November 2019.
in step with a announcement from FLD, Iraqi HRDs and journalists work in “an an increasing number of hostile environment.”
Reecommendations:
The document says the authorities of Iraq ought to prioritise the safety of HRDs through :
making sure all perpetrators of violence against HRDs are held accountable, and make certain the relevant judicial mechanisms continue to be independent and uphold the rule of thumb of law;
quit the criminalization of HRDs, including HRD journalists, for their non violent campaigns for justice and reform and ensure the right to peacefully gather and protest;
give a boost to the legal framework with the aid of improving draft country wide regulation to ensure extra safety for HRDs, inclusive of HRD newshounds, such as through amending legal guidelines together with the draft
legal guidelines on Cybercrimes, freedom of Expression, affiliation and non violent assembly and get entry to of information;
make sure that countrywide regulation is in line with global human rights requirements and duties, and amend laws to deliver them into compliance as necessary;
support cooperation among civil society and the authorities to decorate protection and make sure a secure and allowing surroundings for HRDs;
end judicial harassment of HRDs, including HRD newshounds;
guarantee freedom of expression and assembly, and call on the authorities to give up repressive practices towards demonstrators, HRDs, together with HRD reporters, and to assure their right
to non violent demonstration;
undertake and put in force policies and legal guidelines that defend WHRDs from all varieties of violence and discrimination;
opposite the media ban at the terms “homosexuality” and “gender” for you to allowing HRDs working for gender equality and LGBTQI+ rights to hold their work without stigma;
Repeal the “Anti-Prostitution and Homosexuality law”, so one can permitting HRDs working for gender equality and LGBTQI+ rights to maintain their work correctly
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