Recommendations to improve Public Liberties and Social Justice jointly agreed by Civil Society and Iraqi Council of Representatives

Baghdad, 30 June 2011- A set of important recommendations were reached on public liberties and social justice, following today’s culmination of months of discussions between civil society organizations, representatives from the Iraqi Council of Representatives, provincial councils, government officials, and academia in all governorates of Iraq. 

The recommendations were finalized at a roundtable on constitutional issues hosted by the Human Rights Committee of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) in the  Hall No.1 of the Iraqi parliament and organized by Al Amal Association Association in partnership with Women for Peace, Civil Center for Studies and Legal Reform, Dar Al. Center, MASARAT Institution for Cultural and Media Development, Salam Al. Rafidain Orgnazation  under a project funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

Participants included members of the CoR Civil Society Committee, representatives of other committees in the CoR and representatives of NGOs from several Iraqi governorates.

The agreement was reached at the successful conclusion of a series of seminars and roundtables held by Iraqi civil society and supported by the EU-UN project in all Iraqi governorates, creating dialogue on issues of social justice and public liberties between civil society and public authorities.