Middle East

Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Iraq 2003-2018

A Mapping Report

28-10-2020In cooperation with Iraqi Al Amal Association, al-Firdaws Association and the Centre of Conflict studies at Utrecht University a network of Iraqi scholars were trained to carry out gender-sensitive research and conflict analysis.

Trapped in between Lebanon and Syria

The absence of durable solutions for Syria´s refugees

19-10-2020In one of the only studies documenting the situation for refugee returnees to Syria, the Refugee Protection Watch coalition (RPW) has conducted surveys of hundreds of refugees in Lebanon, and conducted face-to-face interviews with refugees who returned to Syria to produce a thorough and disturbing overview of the dire plight of the approximately 5.5 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries.

Double impact of economic and COVID-19 crisis in Lebanon

Catastrophic consequences

04-08-2020This briefing outlines research findings and key protection concerns that the RPW coalition has noted with regard to the impact of the current economic and COVID-19 crisis in Lebanon, and contains a number of policy recommendations.

Corporate NGO Statement on Policing and Respect for Human Rights

Oil and mining majors and NGOs call for policing reforms to tackle racialised human rights violations

10-07-2020The many protests following the killing of Floyd George in the USA confirm that human rights violations against racialized groups is a major issue around the globe. Reforms of policing policies and practices are part of the solution.

A River of Death -- Arabic version

How oil pollution is impacting health and livelihoods in conflict-affected north east Syria

02-07-2020A River of Death shows how persistent pollution from a degrading oil facility has led to tens-of-thousands of barrels of oil flowing into canals and creeks, and ending up in a 160km long river.

A River of Death

How oil pollution is impacting health and livelihoods in conflict-affected north east Syria

30-06-2020A River of Death shows how persistent pollution from a degrading oil facility has led to tens-of-thousands of barrels of oil flowing into canals and creeks, and ending up in a 160km long river.

Syrian victims and survivors demand truth and justice at Brussels IV

Summary of side event proceedings and demands put forward by victim representatives

30-06-2020Syrian victims and survivors of enforced disappearance, kidnapping, arbitrary detention, and forced displacement demanded truth, justice and redress during a side event during the Brussels IV conference Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region.

COVID-19 in Lebanon: Impact on Refugees and Host Communities

Research by the “Refugee Protection Watch” that outlines concerns and recommendations regarding the COVID-19 crisis in Lebanon

22-04-2020Research by the “Refugee Protection Watch” that outlines concerns and recommendations regarding the COVID-19 crisis in Lebanon: covering its impact on the humanitarian situation, issues regarding discrimination against refugees, its impact on human rights and the work of civil society. The research includes a set of recommendations to Lebanese and international policy-makers.

ISIS-only tribunal: selective, politicised justice will do more harm than good

01-11-2019Amidst heightened fears that ISIS fighters could escape captivity in north-eastern Syria as a result of the Turkish incursion into the region, powerful European states are pressing ahead with attempts to wash their hands of their own citizens with ISIS ties by establishing a hybrid tribunal or similar mechanism limited to trying ISIS-affiliated perpetrators of international crimes in Iraq, and possibly also Syria. Such a tribunal would leave victims’ needs unmet, threaten prospects for reconciliation in Iraq and Syria, and risk further undermining already fragile trust in international justice.