Iraq

Iraq, a party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance since November 23, 2010, is called upon to act to locate the victims of enforced disappearance and to provide concrete answers to families seeking truth and justice. 

Alkarama highlights the possibility of invoking universal jurisdiction against Iraqi officials involved in collective arbitrary executions, which have recently increased in frequency. 

Iraqi authorities recently carried out one of the largest waves of executions since 2003, handing over the bodies of at least 50 executed detainees by hanging at the central prison of Nasiriyah in the south of the country in September. 

On October 16, 2024, Alkarama addressed an urgent appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions regarding the risk of extradition faced by Saudi citizen Ayesh Al Harby, currently detained in Iraq. 

On October 10, 2024, Al Harby was brought before the Al Rusafa court, which informed him of his imminent extradition to Saudi Arabia, where he risks being executed, or at best, tortured.