The Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights is a non-profit organization promoting the mental well-being, physical rehabilitation, and social reintegration of survivors of (sexual) violence, torture and trauma in Kurdistran-Iraq. Clients receive free-of-charge psychotherapeutic treatment, medical care, and socio-legal counselling. In addition, the Jiyan Foundation seeks to protect survivors of human rights violations and prevent future acts of abuse through professional training, human rights education, public awareness-raising and political advocacy. Our program for children and adolescents reflects all of these services and activities, including age-specific support for minor patients, family interventions, and training for professionals working with children and adolescents.
Contact: Salah Ahmad
Phone: +49 30 26 57 93 80
Address: Königin-Elisabeth-Straße 7 14059 Berlin
Email: info@jiyan-foundation.org
Website: https://www.jiyan.org
Year: 2020
Partial
Age of sexual consent is 18 but this only applies to sexual intercourse outside marriage.
Marriage minimum age is 18 with few exceptions for children aged above 15.
ECO Iraq, 2019
No
Active extraterritoriality is provided for SEC related offences and requires double criminality. Passive extraterritoriality is not provided for.
Extradition requires double criminality and a minimum gravity of two years of imprisonment in the requesting state. Extradition of a person already sentenced by the requesting state requires a sentence of at least 6 months of imprisonment. The criminal code does not allow for extradition of Iraqi nationals.
ECO Iraq, 2019
No
The national legislation does not provide a definition of CSAM which is in line with international standards.
ECO Iraq, 2019
Not Yet Assessed
Partial
Iraq has ratified the CRC, the OPSC, the Trafficking Protocol and the ILO Convention No. 182.
Iraq has not ratified the OPIC, the UNWTO Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics nor the Council of Europe’s Lanzarote and Budapest Conventions.
ECO Iraq, 2019
Not Yet Assessed
Not Yet Assessed
Not Yet Assessed
No
Data on SEC cases is not publicly available.
ECO Iraq, 2019
