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    An Iraqi speech to the Security Council - Hana Adwar

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    An Iraqi speech to the Security Council - Hana Adwar

    Honorable President of the Security Council,
    Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished members of the Security Council
    As a human rights defender and civic activist in Iraq for many years, I worked tirelessly with my colleagues after 2003 to rebuild societal awareness on the values ​​and principles of human rights and gender justice. As a civil society movement, we have made tangible achievements in advocacy campaigns on laws, policies and programs, and in strengthening the movement to demand rights among youth, women, minorities and vulnerable social segments, which were reflected in the peaceful protests movement since 2011, which reached its climax in the October 2019 and 2020 popular uprising.
    We realize that the process of change to build a democratic system and good governance requires hard work and tremendous patience to build. Now, after nearly twenty years, indicators - circulated by United Nations agencies and international research centers - indicate a terrible decline in the economic, social, cultural, health and environmental situation in Iraq, under a political system based on sectarian and ethnic quotas without a constitutional or legal basis. Its leadership is political blocs without a national vision to run the country, and also lacks trust among its parties, and between the parties, the ruling authorities and its institutions. The state’s resources and budgets have been looted for its narrow and personal interests, and it has spread corruption and devastation in state institutions, and even its campaigns for reform and fighting corruption are major corruption. The country's sovereignty has also been violated in the face of continuous foreign military and security interventions.
    Mr president
    The rule of law in my country has been replaced by the proliferation of arms in the hands of clans and armed groups. Impunity is a prominent feature of the justice system, so citizens tend to resolve their disputes and disagreements on the basis of clan chapters rather than courts. We are also witnessing the politicization of the justice system, where harsh judicial rulings are issued based on malicious cases against human rights defenders, media professionals and peaceful demonstrators, which have reached death sentences. The results of the investigations regarding the patterns of assassinations and violent attacks against them that were attributed to “unidentified armed elements” were not published. The fate of a number of detained and kidnapped activists and media professionals is still unknown, not to mention the thousands of forcibly disappeared, the judiciary has not moved to discuss their cases and bring justice to their families, while those accused of drug crimes and major corruption are issued light sentences against them, and even their innocence or they receive a special pardon.
    Democracy in Iraq was reduced by five general electoral processes, which led to the fermentation of alternative non-democratic situations under the title of consensus between the ruling political parties, in which we have now reached the stage of political stalemate. The government is for the conduct of daily business, and its organs are suspended from exercising their functions due to the lack of a budget. The House of Representatives is also suspended, despite the passage of nearly five months since the Federal Supreme Court ratified the election results. Unfortunately, even the Federal Supreme Court concerned with interpreting the provisions of the constitution, its recent decisions have contributed to the hardening of the political stalemate, rather than the endeavor to dismantle it in the public interest.
    The crisis of the people's mistrust of the ruling class and public institutions deepened, even in the October 2021 elections. Voter turnout did not exceed 35 percent at best. Regarding the calls for reform and change launched by political decision-makers, there is a proverb that the Iraqis repeat: “The tried does not try.” Ladies and gentlemen.
    In the face of the bitter and perilous reality we live in, reform and change have become an urgent and immediate need to achieve stability, security and peaceful coexistence among Iraqis, according to a new social contract that guarantees equal citizenship that embraces diversity, social justice and the peaceful transfer of power within the framework of a civil state.
    I appeal to the international community, before it is too late, to take a deliberate initiative, within a specific time frame, towards putting pressure on the Iraqi authorities and political decision-makers, to work seriously to overcome the state of political stalemate and divisions among them, and to give priority to the interests of the Iraqi people over their narrow factional interests, and to respect their international obligations to international agreements human rights. It is important to include civil society organizations within the initiative to activate their role in defending human rights, public freedoms and the rule of law, pressure to end impunity, and promote peaceful coexistence, transparency, accountability, good governance and sustainable development.
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