Jiyan and Human Rights

Every person has a right to enjoy “the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health”*. This means that the base of our work, mental health, is a human right!

Not every state has the opportunity to help its citizens achieve this maximum level of health. Especially in countries where past conflicts and terror have traumatized many people, there is a lack of care options in the psychotherapeutic field.

The Jiyan Foundation was established in 2005 to fill this gap and to provide care for psychologically distressed survivors and bereaved families of victims of human rights violations in Iraq.

Ten years after the genocide of the Yazidis: Germany must promote holistic support

Berlin, July 18, 2024 – On August 3, 2014, the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) attacked the Sinjar region in Iraq. IS directly killed 5,000 Yazidis and displaced 400,000; almost 7,000 women and children were abducted. To this day, around 200,000 people live in official and unofficial camps in northern Iraq. Despite recognizable progress, there […]

New Monitoring Guide for ISIL Survivors in Iraq

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — The Coalition for Just Reparations (C4JR), an alliance of Iraqi NGOs calling for comprehensive reparations for survivors of atrocity crimes perpetrated during the ISIL conflict in Iraq, together with Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights and the International Centre for Health and Human Rights (ICHHR), is proud to share its latest publication, “Right to Rehabilitation as […]

Jiyan Foundation joins the „Hertie Open Source Investigations Summit“

Our Head of Rights & Justice Program Bojan Gavrilovic speaks at this event.  See details below and join us there on May 17, 2024!    Curious to learn about the groundbreaking work of leading organizations in the documentation of human rights abuses? In that case, we’d like to invite you to the Hertie Open Source […]

Interview with Dr. Taawfeeq

“I see many people who have principles, who live their lives according to their principles to help their communities. These people process their trauma, maybe quicker or more effectively, because they have an outlet or a reason to grow. When people focus their efforts on building a better society and preventing past atrocities from reoccurring, […]