Alternatives International - Iraq - Irak

Assessment of Seven Years of Occupation

Catherine Pappas , Marie-Pierre Labrie — 2010-12-14T01:20:22Z

In Iraq, those younger than 25 have never known peace. The decades of dictatorship and war, in addition to thirteen years of embargos (1990-2003), have plunged the country into a state of chronic crisis and emptied it of its substance. The economy has collapsed, paving the way for unbridled inflation. Without prospects, the young have become obsessed with the idea of leaving. Today, more than 5.6 million Iraqis (of a population of 27 million) live beneath the poverty line; 40% of them live in extreme poverty.

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UN-Iraq Development Assistance Framework, 2011-2014

United Nations — 2010-11-29T15:12:34Z

The UN Development Assistance Framework for Iraq addresses five key priority areas. These are inclusive economic growth, environmental management, promoting good governance and protection of human
rights, ensuring access to improved basic services for all, and investment in the capacities of women, youth and children to enable full participation in all aspects of life in Iraq.

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UN Iraq Common Country Assessment 2009

United Nations — 2010-11-29T13:34:54Z

The consequences of nearly three decades of detrimental economic and social policies, added to the burden of war and violence, are becoming ever more apparent as the real work of governance begins. This 2009 UN Common Country Assessment set out to tackle these issues of peace consolidation.
The CCA identified three key thematic areas for UN analysis: governance, inclusive economic growth and ensuring quality essential (...)

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Education and awareness project on constitutional amendments

2010-11-22T17:33:39Z

An Iraqi Democratic Future Network (IDFN) project carried out by the Iraqi rising women

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New order, same abuses: Unlawful detentions and torture in Iraq

Amnesty International — 2010-09-13T22:54:00Z

The focus of this report is the unlawful detention, enforced disappearance and torture or other ill-treatment of thousands of people since 2003 by the US-led Multinational Force in Iraq and the Iraqi authorities. Some have been held arbitrarily, without charge or trial, for seven years. Some remain held even though Iraqi courts or investigative judges have ordered their release. Thousands are still in prison despite the 2008 Amnesty Law, which provides for the release of uncharged detainees (...)

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Resistance, Identity, and Sumud*

Pierre Beaudet — 2010-07-22T10:09:27Z

Pierre Beaudet is a professor in the program for international development and globalization in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa. He was founder and director of Alternatives from 1994-2004. He is a consultant for the Canadian International Development Agency, the Center for Research on International Development, and the United Nations Development Program.

- News / Development, Governance

The Iraqi Experience, the Regional Exception, and Pawns in Parliament

Haval Zexoyi — 2010-07-21T09:09:05Z

Haval Zexoyi, Kurdish in origin, has been editor-in-chief of the magazine Al-Ahali in Baghdad since 2003 and is also president of the Al-Ahali Cultural Forum. He works as a political analyst in the Arab media. He has just had his first political experience as a candidate on the Kurdish Coalition's list.

- News / Development, Governance, Elections

The Iraqi Democratic Future Network is looking for election campaigns enhancing national unity

Iraqi Democratic Future Network — 2009-12-29T20:19:00Z

The intensity of competition among the political movement increased with the proximity of the electoral campaigns. The level of intensity reached the stage of “political dropping”. Our network observed essays, statements and announcements targeting and defaming political, religious and parliamentary characters.
However we have enormous hope in political entities to have integrated competition, conforming to standards that serve the purpose our country's needs. We hope each political (...)

- News / Governance, Civil Society Organizations, Elections, Electoral Reform, Iraqi Democratic Future Network (IDFN)

On Vulnerable Ground

Human Rights Watch (HRW) — 2009-11-10T07:25:00Z

Violence against Minority Communities in Nineveh Province's Disputed Territories
This 51-page report calls on the regional government to grant legal recognition to Shabaks and Yazidis as distinct ethnic groups instead of imposing Kurdish identity on them and to ensure that they can participate in public affairs without fear of retribution. The report also calls on the central government in Baghdad to protect minorities at the local, provincial, and national levels, and to investigate (...)

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