Articles for Iraq

On 12 October 2015, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly sent a communication to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of three men who disappeared following their respective arrests at their homes in the Doha neighbourhood in southern Baghdad between May and June 2014.

Circumstances of the arrests and disappearances

On 25 September 2015, Alkarama submitted its shadow report to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRCTee) in view of its fifth review of the country during its upcoming 115th session on 26-27 October 2015.

On 23 September 2015, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly sent a communication to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of four men who disappeared following their arrests in the surroundings of Baghdad between May and November 2014.

Circumstances of the 4 men's respective disappearances

On 23 September 2015, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly sent a communication to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of construction worker, Salam Al Dulaimi, who disappeared in December 2013 following his arrest in the city of Al-Baghdadi by members of the Iraqi Federal Police.

On 18 September, the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) published its Concluding Observations following initial review of Iraq on 7-8 September 2015, for which Alkarama had submitted a shadow report, pr

On 1 September 2015, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly sent a communication to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of a 35-year-old construction worker, Mohammad Al Jabouri, who disappeared in July 2015 following his abduction in Baghdad by the Iraqi Special Operations Forces, which operate under the control of the Ministry of Defence.

In its latest shadow report on the widespread practice of enforced disappearances in Iraq, Alkarama identifies alarming patterns – in particular the widespread use of secret detention and the abductions committed by government-backed militias – and formulated 14 key recommendations to the authorities to tackle the issue.

On 20 August 2015, Alkarama and Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly sent a communication to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of Wessam Hussein Ali Al Ghazzawi who disappeared since his abduction from Baghdad by Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT) forces in August 2014.

On 17 August 2015, the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) published its Concluding Observations following their initial review of Iraq.

On 14 August 2015, Alkarama, in cooperation with Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly, brought to the attention of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) the cases of Mohammad Al Dulaimi and Essam Al Obaidi, two Iraqi policemen who disappeared following their respective arrests by the Iraqi Army and the American Army, in 2005 and 2007.

Disappearance of Mohammad Al Dulaimi