Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Iraq’s Greatest Calamity


Following years of silence by the international community, the world has suddenly rediverted its attention towards Iraq. On June 25, 2014, for the first time since the US-invasion in 2003, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released a statement delivered by the Deputy High Commissioner, Flavia Pansieri, requesting the Council to convene in a Special Session to address the current humanitarian crisis in the state and region.

In condemning the human rights violations in Iraq, she held .... http://www.gicj.org