Iraq: Enforced Disappearance of Mohammad Al Kamash Following Abduction by the Military at the Dora Refinery in Baghdad
On 29 July 2015, Alkarama, in cooperation with Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly, sent an urgent action to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of Mohammad Al Kamash, a married 29-year-old Iraqi citizen who disappeared following his arrest by military officers from the Baghdad Operation Command in June 2014.
Iraq: Another Enforced Disappearance by Military Forces in the Babil Governorate
On 27 July 2014, Alkarama, in cooperation with Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly, sent an urgent action to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of Ammar Al Dulaimi, a 32-year-old Iraqi citizen who disappeared in Hillah in the Babil Governorate following his arrest by the military forces in July 2014.
Iraq: 12 Iraqi Citizens Go Missing in Baghdad After Wave of Arrests in April 2014
On 30 July 2015, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly submitted an urgent action to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of 12 Iraqi citizens abducted from their homes in Baghdad in April 2014 during a wave of arrests by SWAT forces and who remain disappeared since.
Iraq: Another Case of Enforced Disappearance by the Military in Baghdad
On 14 July 2015, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly sent a communication to the United Nations Committee of Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the disappearance of an Iraqi worker, Omar Saadoun Nayef Al Saab, following his abduction by government forces in Baghdad in June 2014.
Iraq: 2 Brothers Disappeared Since Abduction by Government Forces in Al-Mada'in in July 2014
On 14 July 2015, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly submitted an urgent action to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of Yahya and Moussa Al Jabouri, two brothers who disappeared following their abduction by government forces in July 2014.
Iraq: Alkarama Denounces Widespread and Systematic Practice of Torture in View of Country's Upcoming Review by UN Committee Against Torture
On 13 July 2015, Alkarama sent its shadow report on the situation of torture in Iraq to the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT), in view of the country's upcoming review by the Committee during its upcoming session on 29 and 30 July 2015. Noting that the practice of torture in Iraq is widespread and systematic, Alkarama highlighted its mains concerns – in particular the lack of a definition of torture, the climate of pervasive impunity and the systematic reliance on confessions under torture by the judiciary – and formulated 34 recommendations to the State party.
Iraq: Committee against Torture 2015 - Alkarama's Report Submitted to the CAT for the Review of the Initial Country's Report
Iraq: 2 Brothers Disappeared after Arrest by Government-Forces in Baghdad
On 2 July 2015, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of Anwar Al Kawaz, who disappeared following his arrest by masked men in military trousers in August 2014. Almost a year later, in May 2015, Anwar's older brother, Firas disappeared in similar circumstances. If their family believes them to be held at the old Muthanna Airport secret detention facility in Western Baghdad, Anwar and Firas' official whereabouts remain unknown to date. Both their cases are now before the CED.
Iraq: Death Under Torture of Former Vice President Tariq Al Hashimi Security Personnel
On 12 June 2015, Alkarama sent an appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (SR SUMX), Christof Heyns, asking him to urgently call upon Iraq to investigate the death of 40-year-old father and member of former Vice President, Al Hashimi's security personnel, Amir Al Batawi, who died under torture in Baghdad on 15 March 2012.
Iraq: National Human Rights Institution Gets B Status to Mark Non-Compliance with International Standards
On 2 June 2015, the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) – the Iraqi National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), created in April 2012 – was awarded the "B" status by the International Coordinating Committee of NHRIs (ICC) to mark the Iraqi NHRI's non-full compliance with the Paris Principles – a set of international standards relating to the status of NHRIs. To Alkarama, which had called upon the ICC to award it the "C" status to mark its full non-compliance of the Iraqi HCHR with international standards, the ICC's decision is a "vote of encouragement" to a newly created NHRI which must quickly incorporate the recommendations made by the ICC's Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) that reviewed the IHCHR in March 2015.