The High Commissioner for Human Rights visits Iraq
Geneva/Baghdad (6 August 2023)
Today, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, began an official four-day mission to Iraq, at the invitation of the Iraqi government.
During his visit, Turk will hold meetings in Baghdad and Basra in the southwest of the country, as well as in Erbil in the north.
The High Commissioner will meet with senior government, parliamentary and judicial officials at the national level, as well as high-level officials in the Kurdistan Regional Government and officials in Basra.
He will also engage with civil society representatives in Baghdad, Basra and Erbil on a range of issues, including the impact of climate change on human rights.
At the conclusion of his mission, on 9 August, the High Commissioner is scheduled to hold a press conference in Baghdad at approximately 17:00 local time. Access to the press conference will be limited exclusively to approved media.
More details about the press conference, including instructions for registration, will be included in a media invitation issued locally.
For more information and media requests, please contact:
- Raveena Shamdasani – (Coming with the High Commissioner) ravina.shamdasani@un.org
- in Baghdad
Dhara Al Tamimi – +964 770 0412409 | kareemt@un.org - In Geneva
Elizabeth Throssell – +41 22 917 9296 | elizabeth.throssell@un.org أو
Martha Hurtado – +41 22 917 9466 | marta.hurtadogomez@un.org
HROJPIL: We are coordinating with Jordan regarding the Kurdistan-Iraq region
The Director of the Office of HROJPIL in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Mr. Barbas Muhammad Taher Abdul Rahman, accompanied a delegation of the organization’s members, headed by Mr. Qasim Sharif, on an official visit to the Consulate of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. On Thursday, December 22, 2022, and presenting a bouquet of flowers.
The delegation discussed with the honorable Jordanian Consul, about the organization’s programs and activities, and providing means of cooperation and support.
The meeting ended with the presentation of a bouquet of roses from the organization, in addition to thanks and appreciation for the role of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in finding solutions and trying to provide global security, stability, and peace in the Middle East region.
HROJPIL: We are in Kurdistan-Iraq
The opening ceremony of the Office of “International Human Rights Organization for Justice, Peace and International Law. – HROJPIL” in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, on 5/30/2021.
Headed by the jurist Mr. Barbas Muhammad Taher Abdel Rahman, and in the presence of a number of members of the organization and legal figures.
Norway demonstrations against the Turkish occupation of the city of Afrin
The organization participated in arranging and coordinating demonstrations in Norway on 10/19/2019 against the Turkish aggression and occupation of the city of “Afrin” in northeastern Syria.
Ten thousand demonstrators participated in the protest demonstrations, representing many Norwegian individuals, organizations and parties, including Norwegian Semitic nationalities, in support of world peace and in rejection of the Turkish occupation carried out by Erdogan.
