Ministry of Human Rights (Iraq)

Government ministry of Iraq

Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Human Rightsوزارة حقوق الانسان

Agency overview
Headquarters| Al Mansour, Baghdad
33°19′12″N 44°21′54″E﻿ / ﻿33.32000°N 44.36500°E﻿ / 33.32000; 44.36500
Agency executive|

* Mohammed Mahdi Albaiati, Minister
* Deputy Minister
* Abdul Kareim Al-Janabi, Deputy Minister

Website| http://www.humanrights.gov.iq

Politics of Iraq

Member State of the Arab League

* * *

Constitution

Government

* Federal government
* President (list)

Abdul Latif Rashid
* Prime Minister (list)

Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
* Cabinet

Current cabinet

Legislature

* Council of Representatives

Speaker: Mahmoud al-Mashhadani

Judiciary

* Supreme Court

Administrative divisions

* Governorates (provinces)
* Districts
* Kurdistan Region

Kurdistan Regional Government
Kurdistan Parliament

Elections

* Democracy
* Political parties
* Electoral Commission
* Recent elections

* Parliamentary: 2018
* 2021
* 2025

* Gubernatorial: 2009
* 2013
* 2023

* 2005 constitutional referendum

Foreign relations

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister: Fuad Hussein

* * *

* Diplomatic missions of / in Iraq

* * *

* Nationality law
* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

* * *

* Foreign aid to Iraq
* Iraq and the United Nations

Iraq portal

* Other countries

* v
* t
* e

The Ministry of Human Rights was a cabinet-level ministry within the government of Iraq between 2003 and 2015. The Ministry was created by the Coalition Provisional Authority when the Iraqi Governing Council was formed after the invasion of Iraq.

The Ministry interested of human rights propaganda, Saddam regime victims, victims of terrorism rights, martyrs rights, prisoners rights and mass graves in Iraq.[1][2][3]

## List of ministers

[edit]

* Dr. Abdulbaseet Al-Hadithi (September 2003 – April 2004)
* Bakhtiar Amin (June 2004 – May 2005)
* Narmin Othman (May 2005 – 20 May 2006)
* Wijedan Salem (20 May 2006 – 21 December 2010)
* Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (21 December 2010 – 18 October 2014)
* Mohammed Mahdi Ameen al-Bayati[4] (18 October 2014 – 16 August 2015)

The ministry was removed from the Cabinet in August 2015 by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi when he decreased the number of cabinet ministers in response to public demonstrations against corruption and government inefficiency.[5]

## Ministry offices

[edit]

This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Ministry of Human Rights" Iraq – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

* The Minister Office
* The Deputy Minister of Administration Affairs Office
* The Deputy Minister of Research Affairs Office
* The General Inspector Office
* The National Center of Human Rights
* Humanity Affairs Department
* performance monitoring and protection of rights Department
* Media Center
* Relations and International Cooperation Department
* Administration and Financial affairs Department
* Legal Department
* Governorates Affairs Department

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "New Page 1". Archived from the original on 2008-03-24. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
2. ^ "Iraq — Central Intelligence Agency". 2013-03-13. Archived from the original on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
3. ^ Council of Ministers of Iraq
4. ^ "Iraq's human rights minister talks battling IS and the Speicher 'mass murder'". Retrieved 2015-08-16.
5. ^ "Iraqi PM Scraps 11 Cabinet Posts In Reform Drive". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2015-08-16.

This Iraq-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template