Based on the experience of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), this report outlines reprisals suffered by European citizens and residents, on the sovereign territories of Europe, orchestrated and implemented by foreign States. It advocates for better coordination and response mechanisms by the European Union (EU) and Member States to deter and prevent increasingly violent and...
A UNPO investigation, published in a report on 15 April 2021, highlights that foreign States, including Iran, Russia and China, are in the process of a serious escalation of attacks against diaspora communities,...
Crossroads: The future of Iraq’s minorities after ISIS draws on extensive fieldwork, interviews and desk research to highlight the ongoing plight of Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities,...
Below is a joint press release published by the four organisations: Many of Iraq’s minorities now ‘on the verge of disappearance’ – new report Minority communities in...
The launch conference, held at the International Press Centre in Brussels, was chaired by Mr William Spencer of IILHR. In his opening remarks he described how the investigation and the report had been...
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UNPO submitted an alternative report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) ahead of its 85th session during which the 15th to 21st periodic reports of the Republic of Iraq...
On 30 April 2014, Iraqi people went to polls to elect new members to the Council of Representatives and three Governorate Councils in Iraqi Kurdistan. The joint UNPO-ACE Election Observation Mission (EOM)...
On 30 April 2014, 612,065 registered voters from the Dohuk governorate had the opportunity to cast their vote across 264 polling stations. 28 seats for the Governorate Council, including 3 seats reserved...
An additional briefing note on the Iraqi Turkmen is available for download at the bottom of the page The hearing, co-chaired by Mrs. Barbara Lochbihler and Mr. Struan Stevenson, opened with an account...
Below is a press release from NPWJ, IILHR, UNPO: Brussels, 11 April 2012 In a historic move, parliamentarians in Baghdad voted on 9 April 2012 to institute the country’s first Human Rights Commission....
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sixty-second session Item 6 of the provisional agenda RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION Written statement* submitted...
Untitled Document 11th session of Working Group on Minorities – United Nations - Geneva Written by: Dr. Sheth Jerjis, Chairman of SOITM and Dr. Hassan Aydenly, Chairman of...
Untitled Document WORKING GROUP ON MINORITIES 11th session (30 May to 3 June 2005, Geneva, Switzerland) The Turkmen of Iraq: Underestimated, Marginalized and exposed to assimilation...
Untitled Document WORKING GROUP ON MINORITIES 11th session (30 May to 3 June 2005, Geneva, Switzerland) Issues Concerning the Turkmen of Iraq The Turkmen are the third largest...
Untitled Document MR. PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED ATTENDEES AND GUESTS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN; The Turkmens, who are originally from Central Asia and who are also the third...
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