This report provides an accessible overview of the main human security and protection of civilians-related challenges and developments in Iraq in recent years, focusing mainly on 2024 and early 2025. In doing so, it seeks to map out the biggest causes and concerns for insecurity in Iraq to identify the main protection priorities, as well as the pathways through which international institutions and bodies can support Iraq in addressing these. As such, the report is explicitly meant to feed into international discussions and decision making around the withdrawal of UNAMI, as well as for overall SSR support for the country.
May 7, 2025
Protections of Civilians snapshot: Iraq 2024-2025
This snapshot provides an overview of the main human security and protection of civilians-related challenges and developments in Iraq in recent years.
