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Iraq: Disappearance of Four Men of the Janabi Family From Latifiya since October 2014

IRQ - News | 15 September 2016

On 13 October 2014 at 9 am, a group of several officers of the Iraqi security forces broke in the house of Mohamad Janabi in Latifiya, Babil governorate, and arrested him together with his son Najim his uncle Ahmad Janabi and the latter’s son Mehdi. Brought away to an unknown location, their relatives remain unaware of their fate and whereabouts almost two years after their abduction. Concerned over their disappearance, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly submitted their case to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) in the hope that its experts’ intervention will help shed light on their fate and whereabouts.

Iraq: A 67-Year-Old Disappears After His Arrest by the Police and Militiamen

IRQ - News | 15 September 2016

On 8 June 2014, Dawood Al Issawi was in his home with his family when a patrol of police officers and militia men broke in, arrested him and took him to an unknown location. This was the last time his family saw him, as he remains unforcedly disappeared until today. Concerned over his fate, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly sent a communication to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), hoping that this treaty body − a committee of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) by its State parties − could help locate him.

Iraq: Human Rights Activist Disappeared For a Year by State Sponsored Militia

IRQ - News | 26 August 2016

On 19 August 2015, Waee Al Jabouri, lawyer and head of a human rights NGO, left his house in the morning and never came back. He disappeared after his arrest at a nearby checkpoint of the State sponsored militia Liwa Al Sadr. Concerned over his case, Alkarama and the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights sent his case to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) hoping that this mechanism for the protection for human rights will help locate him.

Iraq: 26-year-old Citizen Abducted From his House in Latifiya Disappeared For Two Years

IRQ - News | 12 August 2016

On the night of 1 July 2014, Hussein Azzawi was in his house in Latifiya, a town south of Baghdad, when 10 military officers broke in and arrested him, before taking him away in a pickup truck. Until today, his family was not able to obtain any information on his fate and whereabouts. Concerned over his fate, on 19 July 2016, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly sent a communication to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), hoping that this treaty body − a committee of independent experts that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties by its State parties − could help locate the victim.

Iraq: Professor of Engineering Salih Al Dulaimi Sentenced to Death on the Basis of Confessions Under Torture

IRQ - News | 19 July 2016

On 12 May 2016, Salih Al Dulaimi, professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of the College of Engineering, University of Anbar, was sentenced to death on the basis of Iraq Antiterrorism Law by the Iraqi Central Criminal Court, the judge relying on statements Al Dulaimi made under heavy torture and alleged information provided by the US intelligence. As Al Dulaimi is clearly a victim of arbitrary detention, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly sent his case to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), demanding the five UN experts to call upon the Iraqi authorities to immediately release him.

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