Iraq

• Case Law 23

• Abduction 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 6
• Burden of proof 1
• Chaldean 2
• Changes of circumstances in home country 3
• Christian 8
• Country of origin information (COI) 16
• Credibility assessment 5
• Effective protection 4
• Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 3
• Exclusion clauses 4
• False documents 1
• Family reunification 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 6
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 5
• Kurd 2
• Mandate status 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3
• Multiple nationality 1
• Non-state agents of persecution 13
• Passports 2
• Persecution based on political opinion 12
• Persecution of family members 1
• Political parties 1
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 2
• Proof of nationality 1
• Religious discrimination 1
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 14
• Residence permits / Residency 1
• Safe third country 3
• Security situation 1
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 1
• Shia 2
• Social group persecution 2
• State protection 2
• Sunni 1
• Transgression of social / cultural norms 2
• Unlawful departure 2
• Women-at-risk 2

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• American Kurdish Information Network
• Amnesty International - Iraq
• Assyrian International News Agency (AINA)
• Azzaman.com
• Centre of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
• Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
• Embassy of the United States in Iraq
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Iraq
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Iraq
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Iraq
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Iraq
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Iraq
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC mission in Ankara
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Iraq
• Iraq Body Count (IBC)
• Iraq Daily
• Iraqi News
• Kurdish Media
• Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq (KRG)
• NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI)
• New York Times - Iraq News
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Iraq
• Peyamner News Agency
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Iraq
• Radio Free Iraq
• ReliefWeb - Iraq
• Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)
• UNHCR - Iraq
• United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Iraq
• United Nations News Centre - News Focus: Iraq
• United States Department of State - Iraq
• United States Department of State: Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) and Issue Briefs
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Iraq
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Iraq