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Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights is a charitable organization supporting survivors of human rights violations, defending fundamental freedoms, and promoting democratic values. Our programs provide mental health and medical treatment, and other support services to survivors of trauma, terror, domestic violence and human rights violations in Kurdistan-Iraq, Iraq, and northeast Syria.
Our monthly newsletter is designed to keep our community informed on our work supporting survivors of trauma, terror, domestic violence, and human rights violations in the regions we serve.
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Jiyan Foundation and C4JR Welcome Barham Salih’s Appointment as UN High Commissioner for Refugees
The Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights and the Coalition for Just Reparations (C4JR) warmly congratulate Dr. Barham Salih on his appointment as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We take this opportunity to recall his pivotal role in advancing justice for survivors of ISIL crimes in Iraq, particularly through his leadership in the enactment of the Yazidi Female Survivors Law (YSL).
Flood Devastates Jiyan Foundation’s Healing Garden in Chamchamal – Urgent Support Needed
The Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights is deeply saddened to announce that unprecedented rainfall-induced severe flooding has devastated the Healing Garden in Chamchamal.
Learning from Iraq: Ten Transitional Justice Lessons for Syria
Learning from Iraq: Ten Transitional Justice Lessons for Syria Lessons from Iraq show that justice and peace must go hand in hand. All survivors should
Jiyan Foundation Hosts Panel Exchange on Rehabilitation and Rights of Male Survivors of ISIL Crimes
On 15 September 2025, Jiyan Foundation, in partnership with the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights, held a panel in Baghdad addressing education, psychosocial support, and economic empowerment for male survivors of ISIL, promoting justice, rehabilitation, and reintegration under the Yazidi Survivors Law.
World Humanitarian Day 2025: Protect the Protectors, Fund the Response
On World Humanitarian Day, Jiyan Foundation honors aid workers who risk their lives to serve others. With record numbers of humanitarian workers killed in 2024 and global funding at historic lows in 2025, urgent action is needed. We call on governments, donors, and the public to protect humanitarian workers, increase funding, and uphold intern
ational humanitarian law.
More Than “Ink on Paper”: Four Years Since the Adoption of the Yazidi Survivors Law
The Coalition for Just Reparations (C4JR) and the Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights are publishing the third More than “Ink on Paper” annual report evaluating the current stage of YSL implementation. We do this in good faith and with a view to ensuring that the YSL realizes its full potential and doesn’t remain, as some survivors had put it, merely ink on paper.