After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February ...

Iraq is poised to pass ... on women’s rights in the country following protests led by young women against the strict ...

Human Rights Watch thus does not support or oppose the threatened war with Iraq. We do not opine on whether the dangers to civilians in Iraq and neighboring countries of launching a war are ...

Nearly 20 years since Iraq created a new Constitution assuring that people of all religions and ethnicities would be ...

Syrians in Iraq have reportedly been subjected to attacks by local armed groups over the past few days for their alleged ...

Children in Iraq have very different opportunities for healthy development based on factors beyond their control. There are substantial differences in the opportunities children have in terms of ...

The law threatens constitutionally protected human rights and fundamental ... that such discrimination in Iraq will harm business and economic growth in the country, it stated.

The killing comes as the group has been reconstituting in Syria, carrying out more attacks than at any time since it lost ...

Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – From 21 to 23 February 2025, a national workshop on awareness of the risks associated with irregular migration, as well as a Training of Trainers (ToT), were held for ...

Iraq experienced rapid economic growth fueled by the expansion of oil revenues and the restoration of relative peace in many parts of the country. Yet, one in five Iraqis lived in poverty; and many ...

The U.S. government has issued termination notices for five U.N. human rights projects, impacting initiatives in Equatorial Guinea, Iraq, Ukraine, and Colombia, as well as a fund for indigenous people ...