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September 28, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Investigate Abuses in Hawija Operation

Armed Units Linked to Abuse, Disappearances of Villagers

Two elderly men from Sayhat Othman village show researchers the blisters on their wrists caused by handcuffs.
September 25, 2017 News Release

Syria: Coalition Airstrikes Killed Dozens Near Raqqa

Concerns of Inadequate Precautions by US-Led Coalition

The ruins of a market and bakery in Tabqa after an airstrike, in all likelihood carried out by US-led coalition forces, on March 22, 2017.
September 21, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Missed Opportunity for Comprehensive Justice

UN Security Council’s ISIS Probe Omits Other Forces’ Abuse

Heads of state and their representatives take part in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the situation in the Middle East during the General Assembly for the 71st session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New Yo
September 20, 2017 Report

Iraq/KRG: 1,400 Women, Children From ISIS Areas Detained

Investigate Killings, Abductions of Foreign Men

Iraqi Ministry of Transportation buses taking internally displaced families to Hammam al-Alil in May 2017. In late August, Iraqi authorities bused 1,400 foreign women and children to the site. © 2017 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
August 25, 2017 Commentary

The Justice Question After ISIS

Time for Judicial Triage

Author interviewing local Tabqa residents after ISIS had been pushed out of city (July 2017).
August 10, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Lawyers Arrested for Work in ISIS Courts

Chilling Effect on Private Legal Representation

A man walks across a street in al-Hamdaniya, Iraq November 25, 2016. Picture taken November 25, 2016. © 2016 Reuters
August 2, 2017 Commentary

How Europe is Bending the Arc Toward Justice

Former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon
July 19, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Execution Site Near Mosul’s Old City

Investigate, Punish Those Responsible for Any War Crimes

Satellite imagery from July 12 showing the building and Tigris riverbank seen in a video posted of soldiers throwing a detainee off a cliff in west Mosul as well as military vehicles in the vicinity.
July 19, 2017 Commentary

The Fall of Mosul May Not Be the End Of ISIS But the Beginning of ISIS 2.0

Iraq’s Abuse of Civilians Will Make it Easy for the Next Version of the Extremist Group to Recruit

Popular Mobilization Force members on the frontline with the Islamic State in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji, Iraq on October 18, 2015.
July 13, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Alleged ISIS Families Sent to ‘Rehabilitation Camp’

Evictions, Detentions Amount to Collective Punishment

Bartalla Camp.
June 14, 2017 News Release

Iraq/Syria: Danger From US White Phosphorus

Take All Needed Measures to Minimize Civilian Harm

Photo of smoking and burning white phosphorus streaking to the ground in west Mosul on June 2, 2017.
June 4, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Dozens Found Handcuffed, Executed in, around Mosul

Evidence Points to Killings by Government Forces

The gravestone of an unidentified man found dead in a trench in Gogjali and buried by residents.
June 3, 2017 Report

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: New Detentions of Fleeing Men, Boys

Notify Families; Allow Contact

Displaced persons who fled fighting in Mosul gather at Khazir camp, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
May 22, 2017 News Release

Australia: Protect Civilians in Iraq and Syria

Government Needs to Improve Transparency of Operations, Investigations

Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne speaks during a news conference on September 9, 2016.
May 22, 2017 Report

Iraq: Scores of Men Imprisoned in Schoolhouse

Government-allied Troops Hold, Torture Mosul-Area Residents

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