Iraqi Human Rights Commission Rejects Questioning Its Statistics

Arab World

November 27th, 1:28pm

Baghdad- Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqi Human Rights Commission Rejects Questioning Its Statistics

The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) found it strange that some government parties are doubting the Commission’s work, especially the statistics issued on the protests in Iraq. The IHCHR revealed, in its statement, its astonishment from the strange reactions made every now and then by some media spokesmen of the government institutions or by some political figures who try to defame the truth delivered by the Commission. This isn’t the first time that IHCHR's credibility or statistics are suspected with no proofs, the statement read. It called on all parties to recheck The Paris Principles 1990, by which the national institutions were established and approved by Iraq. It also called on the parties to go back to IHCHR law no. (53) for the year (2008) to be informed of the Commission's tasks, duties, term, and nature of its work. Any accusation against the Commission shows a lack of knowledge in its mission or an attempt to doubt the violations it discloses, it added. IHCHR Member Dr. Fadhel al-Gharawi stated to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the Commission has a work mechanism on dealing with human rights topics based on its law no. (58) for the year (2008). Among the purposes of this law is to reinforce and protect human rights in the country. Gharawi noted that the Commission is working on more than 14 issues within this framework in addition to the existing topics in Iraq. He added that the Commission’s plan of work is based on deploying monitoring teams on four fronts: in the protests’ square, in hospitals and medical centers, in police stations and justice institutions and the fourth team is entitled to write reports after collecting information from the other teams. Iraqi Interior Ministry Spokesman Khalid al-Muhanna accused earlier the IHCHR of publishing inaccurate statistics.

from Asharq AL-awsat https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2010816/iraqi-human-rights-commission-rejects-questioning-its-statistics