In addition, some of the provisions of the IHCHR's law have not been activated so far,
such as visiting prisons without prior permission under Article (5\ fifth) of the law, and
Article (6) concerning the provision of data and statistics not fully implemented, The
Commission noted the reluctance of some executive institutions to provide the
Commission with the statistics necessary to its work, the movement of complaints are
still facing many procedural obstacles, the Human Rights Court established pursuant
to a declaration issued by the Supreme Judicial Council is still inactive in the provinces,
except Baghdad, regardless to the challenges of the working environment and the
massive violations witnessed by the situation of human rights in Iraq, which affected
the work of the High Commission for Human Rights in light of the challenges above. In
spite of this, the Commission has carried out many activities aimed at eliminating
racial discrimination through appeals, educational campaigns and training workshops.
The IHCHR has also played a role in supporting the efforts of NGOs in Diwaniyah
governorate to open an primary school for the Roma and has played a role in
supporting minorities of black people in the province of Basra through the referring
their appeals and demands to the executive authorities, both at the level of the
province and at the national level.
Recommendations:
1. Prompt the federal government to increase the financial allocations of the
Commission and give it freedom to transfer between the items and sections of
its budget in a manner that achieves its goals and objectives.
2. Prompt the Iraqi government to facilitate the implementation of the law of the
IHCHR in relation to conducting field visits to prisons and detention centers
without prior permission, as well as with regard to providing the Commission
with data and statistics related to its work in monitoring the reality of human
rights in Iraq.
The Ethnic Composition of the Security and Police Services (Articles 5 & 2):
Despite the provision of Article (9\ first \ A) of the Constitution that " The Iraqi armed
forces and security services will be composed of the components of the Iraqi people
with due consideration given to their balance and representation without
discrimination or exclusion. They shall be subject to the control of the civilian
authority, shall defend Iraq, shall not be used as an instrument to oppress the Iraqi
people, shall not interfere in the political affairs, and shall have no role in the transfer
of authority), and despite the presence of a large number of minorities were
integrated into the police and security forces are working to protect the worship
places and religious and cultural centers of their communities, and the establishment
of armed formations of the minorities of minorities such as Christian, Yazidi, Shabak
and Turkmen, similar to the popular mobilization and tribal mobilization to protect
their areas, which were attached to the Prime Minister's Office for integrating them
into the formations of the armed forces under the popular mobilization body. In spite
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