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Farida Khalaf, President of Farida Global Organization: Statement
Farida Khalaf is a survivor, human rights activist, co-author of “the Girl who Beat ISIS,” and President of Farida...

UN Special Rapporteurs raise YSL criminal complaint concerns with Iraq
In July, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation, and guarantee of non-recurrence...

Shared understanding between C4JR members and survivors about the YSL application and implementation process
On June 19, 2023 (International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict), C4JR Working Group on Ethical...
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances Highlights Pivotal Role of Reparations for all Victims of Disappearances in Iraq
United Nations HeadquartersPhoto: World Tourism Organization With up to one million of disappeared persons during the...
C4JR Asks Iraqi Officials to Put the Well-being of Survivors First
The Coalition for Just Reparations (C4JR) urges the Committee responsible for determining claims submitted under...
C4JR Urges Committee Established Under Yazidi Survivors Law to Drop Requirement of Filing Criminal Complaint to Receive Reparations
By passing the Yazidi [Female] Survivors Law (YSL), Iraq has made considerable progress in addressing the legacy of...
Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children Refers to the Yazidi Survivor Law as Good Practice
In a recently released study on reparation for child victims and survivors of sale and sexual exploitation the UN...
Former President Dr. Barham Salih on shaping the Yazidi Female Survivors’ Law in Iraq
Never Again Another ISIS We should all be united on doing the right thing for our community, and I call them our...
Civil Society and Survivors Stand United Against Exclusionary Practices in the YSL Application Process
Two years after the adoption of the Yazidi Survivors Law (YSL), public...
More than “Ink on Paper”: Taking Stock two Years After the Adoption of the Yazidi [Female] Survivors Law
To mark the second anniversary of passage of the of the Yazidi [Female] Survivors Law (YSL) C4JR publishes a report...
RED HAND DAY: International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers
Today, on February 12th, 2023, the world is marking Red Hand Day as an annual reminder to stand up and act against the...
Remarks of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on ISIL Accountability Mechanism in Iraq
During a virtual event “Options for Survivor-centered Justice in Iraq”, held on December 19, 2022, and co-hosted by...