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Iraq: Reappearance of MP Mohammad Al-Dainy

IRQ - News | 30 May 2009
According to information obtained by Alkarama, the Iraqi MP and human rights defender Mohammed Al-Dainy, arrested on 25 February 2009 by Iraqi government forces, has reappeared.

Iraq: Disapperance of 11 of Mohammed Al-Dainy’s family and staff

IRQ - News | 25 May 2009
On 21 February 2009 at 11h00, 11 staff members of Mohammed Al-Dainy's entourage were arrested at his office and have since disappeared. Alkarama fear for their physical and mental health.

Iraq: Enforced disappearance of Alaa Al-Maliki

IRQ - News | 20 May 2009
Alaa Al-Maliki Khayr Allah was arrested on 17 February 2009 and has since disappeared. It is clear that his arrest is linked to the position he held as chief of security for the Iraqi MP Mohammed Al-Dainy; who also disappeared, as did many members of his family and his team.

Iraq: Enforced disappearance of Omar Jasem, Hossein Mansoor and Odey Mansoor

IRQ - News | 19 May 2009
Omar Jasem, Hossein Mansoor and Odey Mansoor were arrested on 25 February 2009 at the Mansoor home and since, their families have had no news from them. All three were related to the MP Mohammed Al-Dainy, who disappeared on 26 February 2009.

Iraq: Enforced disappearance of Riyad Ibrahim Jassem

IRQ - News | 12 May 2009
On 11 February 2009, Riyad Ibrahim Jassem was viciously arrested without judicial warrant and taken to an unknown location. He was clearly tortured and then forced to make a televised confession. On 8 May 2009, Alkarama made an urgent submission to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID).

Iraq - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Ratified on 25.01.1971
Optional Protocol: No

Last State report: 11.10.2013
Last concluding observations: 19.11.1997

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 07.07.2011
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

Last State report: 30.06.2014
Last concluding observations: 17.09.2015

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

CED: Accessed on 23.11.2010
Art. 33 (Inquiry procedure): Yes

Last State report: 26.06.2014
Last concluding observations: 18.09.2015

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 11.2014 (2nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

Independent High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) – Status B