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Joint Statement on Recognition of Armenian Genocide
Joint Statement on Recognition and Remembrance of Armenian Genocide Joint Statement on Recognition and Remembrance of Armenian Genocide To commemorate genocide, we must give voice to the Armenians, Assyrians, Syriacs, Yazidis, Chaldeans, and Greeks Joint communities’...
Joint letter to Pope Francis on his historic visit to Iraq
46 Iraqi and international NGOs welcome the historic visit of Pope Francis to Iraq on March 5th. Our joint NGO Open Letter recommends steps to protect persecuted communities and promote peace.
Yazidi Women Survivors Law Enacted in Iraq
Yazidi Women Survivors Law Finally Enacted in the Iraqi Parliament - C4JR Media Release As a founding member of the Coalition for Just Reparations, Jiyan Foundation shares the following statement. On March 1st 2021 members of the Iraqi Parliament passed the Yazidi...
Joint Press Release with Commission for Investigation and Gathering Evidence
Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights (Jiyan Foundation) & Commission for Investigation and Gathering Evidence (CIGE) In a joint effort to realize justice and provide access to rehabilitation for survivors of mass atrocity crimes in Iraq, the Jiyan Foundation and CIGE...
Coalition for Just Reparations – Media Release
Joint NGO Statement on Increased number of Suicide cases and the Deteriorating Mental Health Crisis facing Atrocity Crimes Survivors in northern Iraq The Coalition for Just Reparations – an alliance of 27 Iraqi NGOs calling for comprehensive reparations for civilian...
A way forward for wartime sexual violence reparations in Iraq
Virtual conference signals the way forward for wartime sexual violence reparations in Iraq On December 8th 2020 C4JR (Coalition for Just Reparations) and UNAMI (United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq) arranged a virtual conference REPARATIONS FOR SURVIVORS OF...
Open Letter to UN Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention
C4JR Open Letter to UN Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention C4JR Open Letter to UN Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention highlights importance of reparations for atrocity crimes against civilians committed by ISIL/Da’esh ahead of International Day to Commemorate...
C4JR presents Draft Law on Reparations at Parliament
Draft Law on Reparations for Survivors of conflict-related sexual violence was presented at Iraqi Parliament Efforts by Iraqi decision makers to pass the legislation ensuring reparations for survivors of conflict related sexual violence are well underway. 27 Iraqi...
The Coalition for Just Reparations (C4JR)
The Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights leads the effort to establish an alliance of Iraqi civil society organizations with the purpose of promoting holistic reparations for survivors and victims of crimes perpetrated during the ISIS conflict in Iraq. Joining Forces to...
Our Response to the War in Syria
The war in Syria has triggered one of the biggest humanitarian catastrophes in recent years. Hundreds of thousands have been killed and more than five million people have had to leave the country. Many survivors have been fleeing for years and live in terrible poverty. The Syrian population has expe…