Status: implemented
Year:
Country: Iraq
Recommended To: U.S. Department of State
Source: 2020 USCIRF Annual Report
Recommendation:As part of high-priority bilateral relations, maintain pressure on the Iraqi government to implement its own stated…
Status: implemented
Year:
Country: Iraq
Recommended To: US Treasury
Source: 2020 USCIRF Annual Report
Recommendation:Impose targeted sanctions on additional PMF leaders who direct militia engagement in severe violations of religious freedom…
Status: implemented
Year:
Country: Iraq
Recommended To: U.S. Department of State
Source: 2020 USCIRF Annual Report
Recommendation:Highlight religious freedom as part of U.S. engagement with Iraqi President Barham Salih and the incoming prime…
Status: implemented
Year:
Country: Iraq
Recommended To: USAID
Source: 2020 USCIRF Annual Report
Recommendation:Assist in the empowerment of Iraqi religious and ethnic minorities—through their political and civic representatives as well as…
Status: not_implemented
Year:
Country: Iraq
Recommended To: U.S. Department of State
Source: 2021 USCIRF Annual Report
Recommendation:Include Iraq on the U.S. Department of State’s Special Watch List
Status: not_implemented
Year:
Country: Iraq
Recommended To: U.S. Department of State
Source: 2021 USCIRF Annual Report
Recommendation:Encourage the Iraqi government to implement its own stated policy to rein in the PMF to engage in sectarian…
Status: not_implemented
Year:
Country: Iraq
Recommended To: U.S. Department of State
Source: 2021 USCIRF Annual Report
Recommendation:Use diplomatic and other available channels to encourage the IFG and the KRG to resolve the disputed areas per…
Status: not_implemented
Year:
Country: Iraq
Recommended To: U.S. Department of State
Source: 2021 USCIRF Annual Report
Recommendation:Impose targeted sanctions on additional PMF leaders who direct militia engagement in severe violations of…
Status: not_implemented
Year:
Country: Iraq
Recommended To: USAID
Source: 2021 USCIRF Annual Report
Recommendation:Continue to assist Iraqi religious and ethnic minorities to rebuild communities devastated by ISIS and to advocate for their own…
Jun 17, 2021
The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA) mandates USCIRF to make policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress. In addition to making recommendations, USCIRF’s mandate…