SOITM Publications

• Questioning the legitimacy and validity of a census in the today’s Iraq, particularly in the north
  “Census data has become completely integrated into the decision making process by all sectors of the economy, not just government”...
• Recommendations to Change the Process for Obtaining a Schengen Visa by Iraqi Politicians
  -   English version
  In the second half of the 2008, the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation (SOITM) and Unrepresented Nations...
  -   Arabic version

  في النصف الثاني من العام ۲٠٠٨، بدأت مؤسسة بحث حقوق الإنسان لتركمان العراق (سويتم) وبمشاركة منظمة الأمم والشعوب غير الممثلة (أنبو) استعداداتهما المبكرة لاتمام الاجراءات اللازمة لتنظيم مؤتمر في البرلمان الأوروبي...

• The conferences will be not organized at the mentioned dates, because the visas of the Iraqi policy makers participating in the conferences were not issued by the Belgian authorities

Conference in the European parliament Reconciliation in Iraq: Finding Solutions to the Disputes in the North

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Two other Conferences in The Hague Reconciliation in Iraq: Finding Solutions to the Disputes in the North

at 14 June 2010 12h00 – 13h00 Dutch Parliament, The Hague, the Netherlands 15h00 – 17h30 Clingendael Institute, The Hague, the Netherlands.

• Letter to Mr. Ad Melkert, the UN special envoy for Iraq, about the report of UNAMI covering violations of human rights during the first six months of 2009
  SOITM provides information under sections B, C, and D outlined in the Information and Guidelines for Relevant Stakeholders on the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism:...
• REPORT SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 15 (C)
  OF THE ANNEX TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTION 5/1
  SOITM provides information under sections B, C, and D outlined in the Information and Guidelines for Relevant Stakeholders on the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism:...
• Lecture on “Human Rights Situation in the North of Iraq in the Areas where the Kurdish Authority Exist” given to Dutch University students, who study democratization in Kurdish region, in the department of political Science, the University of Amsterdam
  - Contents
  - Definitions
  - Map of concerned region
  - Iraqi communities in the region
  - ...
• SOITM's Maps of north of Iraq
  -   Map of north of Iraq
  -   Boundaries of Provinces
  -   Ethnic Distribution
  -   Three Vertical Zones
  -   Boundaries of Kurdish Expansion
  -   Boundaries of Kurdish Region According to the Kurdish Regional Government
  
• Iraqi general elections in the north: Perfunctory observation legalizes the fraudulent election and harms the non-Kurdish communities
  The interest-dependent and security-first policy of the involved powers in the Iraqi issues over the past six years has hidden major threats and brutal ...
• The Kurdish draft constitution is a negative message for the stability of Iraq (Conflicting Items and Articles of the regional Kurdish draft constitution with the Iraqi Federal constitution).
  It is clear that Iraqi state from the time of its creation following after World War I has not protected the various Kurdish and Turkmen ethnicities...
• The principles of justice in attitudes of the occupation authorities
  Mr. Raymond Odierno, the current commanding general of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, was commander of coalition forces...
• SOITM submits report to the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review of Iraq
  The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was created by the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 to provide a regular review...
• Accuracy of the Associated Press Questioned Over Reporting of Police Deaths
  On 8 September 2009, the Associated Press has reported news about the targeting of a police team in northern Iraq. The correspondent.....
• The most difficult time for the non-Kurdish components in the north of Iraq: Is it the disputed areas or seized areas?
  -   English version
  Iraqis have lived for years with the suffering of decades of dictatorship, war, economic embargo, and most recently the U.S. occupation. This long...
  -   Turkish version
  Ne yazik ki, Iraklilar onyillarca süren diktat?rlügün, savasin, ekonomik ambargonun ve son olarak da ABD isgalinin acilarini yillardir yasiyorlar....
  -   Dutch version
  Helaas lijden Irakezen al jaren onder dictatorschap, oorlog, economische embargo en recent onder de ...
  -   Swedish version
  Tyvärr har irakierna levt i årtionden av lidande i diktatur, krig, ekonomisk embargo och nu senast den amerikanska ockupationen...
  -   Arabic version

  يعيش العراقيون ولسوء الحظ منذ سنوات معاناة الصدمات القوية التي تعرض لها، منها الدكتاتورية لعقود والحروب في الثمانينيات وبداية التسعينيات والحصار الاقتصادي في النصف...

• Statements submitted by SOITM to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
  -   Urgent need to address Human Rights Abuses of Indigenous populations in Northern Iraq
  Iraq is currently facing a challenging chapter in its history. Establishing and enforcing rule of law, maintaining security and stability and...
  -   Obstacles preventing the use of mother tongue in Iraqi Turkmen education
  Iraq is well-known for its multiethnic multi-religious population; Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, Chaldea-Assyrians, Yazidis, Shabaks and Mandaeans...
• Discrepancies in the Kurdish constitution disregard feelings of the Iraqis
  Since the occupation of Iraq in 2003, Iraqis have been engaged in confronting numerous critical challenges. Meanwhile, the Kurdish authorities have been wholly engaged in collecting interests that in many occasions are at the expense of Iraqis and Iraqi state. Noting worth that the Iraqis were in an awful situation, ....
• The Hague statement on the constitution of Kurdish Region: It doesn’t augur well for the national and regional stability
  Unrealistic objectives and aggressive nature of the Kurdish revolts brought decades of instability to the region and exhausted the states where the Kurds live and exposed the Kurds in particular to disasters.....
• An aspect of the misfortune to which Kerkuk region is exposed: Satellite Maps of 2002 is compared with maps of 2007
  In the early morning of Thursday 15 April 2009, the inhabitants of the oldest Kerkuk neighborhood, Musalla, were awakened by the sound of bulldozers destroying .....
• Statement on Provincial Elections in Kurdish-administered region: reliability and concerns
  It is not known why the provincial elections in the Kurdish-administered region were not organized with the Iraqi provincial elections on 31 January 2009,.....
• Statement on attack on local Turkmeneli TV staffs: An outcome of unilateral domination in Kerkuk region
  At 12 April 2009, the reporter (Mr. Umit Abdulla) and cameraman (Abbas Mohammed Hasan) of the local Turkmeneli TV (TERT) in Kerkuk city were organizing to report a book exhibition in .....
• Statement on KRG expansion plans
  Recent media reports about the political situation in northern Iraq expose an escalating conflict between the KRG and the Iraqi government. .....
• To the participants in seeking a solution to the Kerkuk problem: The historical anatomy of Kerkuk region
  Considering that the historical nature of Kerkuk region is one of the important factors which influence the fate of Kerkuk region, SOITM presents in this study history of presence of the Turkmen and the Kurds in Kerkuk region. .....
• Evaluation of the Turkmen policy of Turkey: (Part I) The unconstructive role of the Iraqi Turkmen Front in the Turkmen Policy
  -   English version
  -   Arabic version
  -   Turkish version
• Provincial elections in the north of Iraq: The Kurdish parties and the non-governing Iraqi communities (Minorities)
  An evaluation of the preliminary results of the Iraqi provincial elections of 31 January 2009 yields several important conclusions. .....
• History of a City: Mosul after occupation
  -   English version
  -   Arabic version
• Other publications of SOITM.....