A/HRC/34/53/Add.1
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues on her
mission to Iraq*
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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II.
Context of ethnic and religious minority communities .................................................................
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III.
Legal, institutional and policy framework.....................................................................................
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IV.
Minorities in the Kurdistan region of Iraq .....................................................................................
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V.
Challenges facing ethnic and religious communities ....................................................................
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VI.
VII.
A.
Impact of internal displacement ............................................................................................
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B.
Violations against minority women and girls .......................................................................
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C.
Destruction of cultural heritage ............................................................................................
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D.
Genocide: the case against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant ....................................
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Essential steps for rebuilding a future for ethnic and religious communities ................................
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A.
Return and rehabilitation ......................................................................................................
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B.
National reconciliation ..........................................................................................................
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C.
Political, economic and social participation .........................................................................
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D.
Disaggregated data................................................................................................................
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Conclusions and recommendations ...............................................................................................
20
A.
Conclusions ..........................................................................................................................
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B.
Recommendations.................................................................................................................
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* Circulated in the language of submission and Arabic only.
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