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22 May 2012
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The Syrian Uprising and Iraq: Returnees, Refugees, and Revolutionaries

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The death toll of the Syrian Uprising to date is nearly four times greater than that of all of the other Arab Springs combined except Libya – some 11,000 dead in total.[i] Furthermore throughout the Uprising's first year both the rates of violent deaths in Syria, and in parallel refugee displacement therefrom, have been accelerating sharply. Monthly figures of Syrians killed by violence doubled in each of four consecutive periods reaching 2,000 per month by March 2012.

03 Apr 2012
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Local NGOs Funding Dilemma

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Local NGOs Funding Dilemma

03 Nov 2011
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Iraq
Towards Accountability or Autocracy? The Political Parties Draft Law, Proposed Changes and Gaps [EN / AR]

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The corruption of the Iraqi Government significantly rose during the security vacuum which increasingly characterized the state from 2004-2006. During this time, Iraq catapulted from the 20th to 4th most corrupt country in the world. However, as violence has decreased since a new threat has emerged against mechanisms for monitoring and demanding transparency: the state. The latter is a key factor in explaining why the state’s corruption has not decreased with the drop in overall violence to nearly 3% of its war-high.

11 Oct 2011
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Iraq
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NCCI Op-Ed: Iraqis’ return

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Iraqi President Jalal Talibani addressed the UN General Assembly on September 23rd, 2011 to brief its representatives on the “developments that Iraq is witnessing while it is working on building a modern state that lives in peace with its people and neighbors” and how “Simultaneously, Iraq is building a homeland where everyone lives in peace and stability without regard to sectarian, ethnic or factional affiliations,” according to his statement.

28 Sep 2011
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Political, Humanitarian, and Military Frameworks in the Iraqi Disputed Territories on the Eve of U.S. Withdrawal

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Summary: In late August, for the first time in years, several thousand Kurdish troops have been deployed south of the border of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Their stated mission is to protect the Kurdish inhabitants of a disputed territory from which hundreds of Kurdish civilians have fled in the last year. The territory in question is not Kirkuk, (the Iraqi province famously termed by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani the “Jerusalem of the Kurds”.

10 Jun 2011
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Environmental Contaminants from War Remnants in Iraq

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NCCI’s brief provides an overview of what appear to be widespread, and often lethal, health effects from war contaminants in Iraq, namely Depleted Uranium (DU). Clearing DU-contaminated war remnants from areas across Iraq, as well as providing support to Iraqi victims of DU contamination, are critical issues for rebuilding this war-torn nation. NCCI published this paper with information and eye- witness testimony from doctors, researchers, NGOs leaders, and activists in the

03 May 2011
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Iraq's Civil Society in Perspective

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Introduction

Following the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003, new realities and challenges emerged in Iraq in relation to restructuring the political system and creating new power-sharing agreements. Within that context, many local and international stakeholders, particularly international donors and international non-governmental organizations (INGO), view Iraqi civil society as a viable actor that is able to contribute to the country’s sustainable recovery and long-term stability.

13 Mar 2011
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NGO Registration Iraq - Update 13th March 2011: Update on  actual legal registration status

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On January 25, 2010, the Iraqi Council of Representatives passed a new "Law on Non-Governmental Organizations" (Law No. 12 of 2010). The new NGO law was adopted after more than two years of intensive lobbying by international organizations and Iraqi NGOs/civil society.

Law No. 12 was officially ratified on the 2nd March 2010. However, it took the Iraqi Council of Ministers several months to pass sufficient implementation regulations in order to put the law into active enforcement.

During this time, the registration process

25 Jan 2011
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NCCI OP-ED - Iraqi Women as Survivors, not Victims: Interview with Manal Omar, Author and Humanitarian Worker

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Manal Omar, a women's rights advocate of Palestinian descent who has worked in Iraq's humanitarian field since the late 1990s, spoke to the NGO Coordination Committee about complex gender issues facing the country after eight years of occupation and conflict. She also describes the purpose behind writing Barefoot in Baghdad: A Story of Identity - My Own and What it Means to be a Woman in Chaos. Manal Omar's recently published book describes the powerful Iraqi women who she encountered and worked with as the Regional Coordinator for "Women for Women International"
05 Dec 2010
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NCCI OP-ED: Recent Increase in Attacks Targeting Iraqi Journalists

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To date in 2010, the number of Iraqi journalist deaths has reached six, up from a total of four last year. At least 240 local media contributors have been killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003, making it the most lethal conflict for journalists to report on since World War II. Consequently, Iraq is rated the fourth most dangerous country for journalists in the world, following Mexico, Honduras and Pakistan. Local journalists particularly face pressures and threats from many sides, namely from certain insurgent groups and the Iraqi government.
09 Nov 2010
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NCCI Exclusive Interview at the Center for Victims of Torture: Providing Mental Health Services and Support to Iraqi Refugees

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While human rights groups draw attention to torture and other violations in Iraqi prisons, the necessity of providing mental health services and other resources for victims of torture is generally overlooked. The NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI) spoke with representatives at the Amman branch of the Center for Victims of Torture (http//www.cvt.org) about its role as a non-profit, mental health services provider for Iraqi survivors of torture and trauma who currently live in Jordan as refugees.

NCCI: Can you describe to us the Center

05 Oct 2010
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NCCI Weekly Op-Ed: A Brief on the Situation Facing IDPs in Northern Iraq, Mosul City

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An Arab neighborhood in the northern city of Mosul, situated between the Presidential Palaces that were built by Saddam Hussein in the 1990s and the Second Brigade of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), is experiencing strained relations between the ISF and internally displaced people (IDPs). The tension began more than two months ago when the local government ordered IDPs to leave the Presidential Palaces. Although the local government rescinded this demand at the request of the Second Brigade, a major general in the Second Brigade informed the IDPs that they
28 Sep 2010
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OP-ED: Illiteracy Rate in Iraq Climbs among Highest in the Region

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One in five Iraqis between the ages of 10 and 49 cannot read or write a simple statement related to daily life[1]. While Iraq boasted a record low illiteracy rate for the Middle East in the 1980s, illiteracy jumped to at least 20% in 2010[2].  Moreover, illiteracy among women in Iraq, at 24%, is more than double that of men (11%)[3]. As the Iraq Liaison for the international NGO Mercy Corps pointed out, "there are some locations-particularly rural locations-where the illiteracy rates are actually much higher. Illiteracy rates among women
07 Sep 2010
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NCCI Weekly Op-Ed: A Witness to Iraq's Health Crisis: Nahoko Takato Speaks about her Experiences as an Activist and Aid Worker in Iraq

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Nahoko Takato, a Japanese aid worker, quickly developed strong connections in Ramadi and Falluja, Iraq, following the US-led invasion in 2003. In an exclusive interview with NCCI, she chronicles how she has since delivered emergency aid to health clinics while confronting trauma, intimidation, and international indifference. Takato also discusses the rising rates of cancer, congenital birth defects, and other illnesses in many areas throughout Iraq.

NCCI: Can you tell us what first compelled you to focus on Falluja and Ramadi, the two largest cities in the western

24 Aug 2010
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NCCI Weekly Op-Ed: Lawsuit Campaign Led by Iraqi Civil Society Organizations Challenges the Iraqi Government's Constitutionality

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Nearly six months after general parliamentary elections, Iraq continues to experience a national political stalemate. Consequently, the Iraqi Women Network and three other Iraqi civil society organizations have filed a major lawsuit with Iraq's highest judicial body.

They allege that the political coalitions that were elected in March 2010 are "deliberately and repeatedly breaching the Iraqi Constitution"-which many of these elected officials helped write five years ago-and "disabling the nomination of candidates

17 Aug 2010
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NCCI Op-Eds: Insecurity Spreads in Iraq: Emerging Patterns of Violence in August 2010

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Whether or not the official Iraqi casualty figures for July 2010 were "grossly overstated"-as alleged by US military officials-there is clearly a rise in organized attacks in many regions of Iraq. New violent attack patterns suggest that insurgent groups are reinvigorating operations. The Iraqi government estimates that 535 Iraqis-396 identified as "civilians"-were killed in the violence of July 2010, making it the deadliest month in Iraq since 2008.

Security does not seem to be improving in the month of August. New patterns of violence and attacks also suggest

10 Aug 2010
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NCCI Op-Ed: Lack of Accountability in Iraq Highlighted by Audit Reporting Billions of Missing Reconstruction Funds

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Last week, the US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) issued an audit stating that the Pentagon cannot account for 96 percent of $9.1 billion that was set aside for reconstruction and humanitarian relief in Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion. While the audit accused the US Department of Defense (DoD), the administrator of these funds, of "lax oversight" and "weak control"-rather than outright fraud-the Iraqi government may attempt to take legal action in the coming months and recover these funds. The missing $8.7 billion