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Iraq: The ICRC’s work in pictures
19-03-2013 Photo gallery
A selection of photographs illustrating the ICRC’s activities in Iraq in favour of detainees and vulnerable people or communities. The ICRC’s assistance focuses on women heading households, people living with a disability, needy farmers and internally displaced people.
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A mother and her young daughter outside Chamchamal prison after visiting their husband and father.
In 2012, the ICRC conducted 231 visits to 109 places of detention, visiting more than 38,000 detainees. In November, it helped around 170 family members visit their relatives held in Chamchamal prison in the north of Iraq. Those families, living in the centre or the south of the country, had been separated, many of them for several years.
© ICRC / P.Krzysiek / iq-e-01106
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A mother and her young daughter outside Chamchamal prison after visiting their husband and father.
In 2012, the ICRC conducted 231 visits to 109 places of detention, visiting more than 38,000 detainees. In November, it helped around 170 family members visit their relatives held in Chamchamal prison in the north of Iraq. Those families, living in the centre or the south of the country, had been separated, many of them for several years.
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An employee tends to graves of identified but unclaimed remains at the Zubair Martyrs Centre in Basra.
The ICRC supports the Iraqi authorities in their efforts to clarify the fate of the tens of thousands still unaccounted for as a result of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War and the 1990-1991 Gulf War, and to provide answers to their families. This support includes facilitating dialogue and exchange of information between the parties, forensic training, rehabilitation of facilities, joint exhumation missions, and handover of human remains.
© ICRC/Getty / E. Ou / iq-e-01031
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An employee tends to graves of identified but unclaimed remains at the Zubair Martyrs Centre in Basra.
The ICRC supports the Iraqi authorities in their efforts to clarify the fate of the tens of thousands still unaccounted for as a result of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War and the 1990-1991 Gulf War, and to provide answers to their families. This support includes facilitating dialogue and exchange of information between the parties, forensic training, rehabilitation of facilities, joint exhumation missions, and handover of human remains.
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In Al Qaim camp near the border, a child refugee from Syria calling his family. In February 2013, the ICRC organized two missions in the camp, allowing 300 persons to call a relative.
The ICRC’s main activity to restore or maintain family contacts takes place in the frame of its activities in places of detention. In 2012, 1,953 Red Cross messages were exchanged and more than 12,700 phone calls processed from families looking for a detained or missing relative.
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In Al Qaim camp near the border, a child refugee from Syria calling his family. In February 2013, the ICRC organized two missions in the camp, allowing 300 persons to call a relative.
The ICRC’s main activity to restore or maintain family contacts takes place in the frame of its activities in places of detention. In 2012, 1,953 Red Cross messages were exchanged and more than 12,700 phone calls processed from families looking for a detained or missing relative.
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October, 2012. Workshop in Najaf with investigative judges and prosecutors to discuss judicial guarantees in international and Iraqi laws.
In the framework of its action to ensure respect for detainees' basic judicial guarantees, the ICRC organized a number of events in cooperation with Iraqi judicial authorities. Members of the Kurdish Judiciary participated in four round tables organized by the ICRC in Dohuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah governorates. Two workshops with investigative judges and prosecutors were held in Najaf and Baghdad.
© ICRC / A. Mehdi
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October, 2012. Workshop in Najaf with investigative judges and prosecutors to discuss judicial guarantees in international and Iraqi laws.
In the framework of its action to ensure respect for detainees' basic judicial guarantees, the ICRC organized a number of events in cooperation with Iraqi judicial authorities. Members of the Kurdish Judiciary participated in four round tables organized by the ICRC in Dohuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah governorates. Two workshops with investigative judges and prosecutors were held in Najaf and Baghdad.
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A child is being vaccinated at Zaidan Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC), in Abu Ghraib district near Baghdad.
In 2012, over 400,000 people benefited from improved health-care services in 13 PHCCs run by the Ministry of Health, thanks to the CRC's support in strengthening the professional capacities of staff and management at the centres.
© ICRC / O. Moeckli / iq-e-01118
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A child is being vaccinated at Zaidan Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC), in Abu Ghraib district near Baghdad.
In 2012, over 400,000 people benefited from improved health-care services in 13 PHCCs run by the Ministry of Health, thanks to the CRC's support in strengthening the professional capacities of staff and management at the centres.
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Patients of the ICRC Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil perform individual exercises while waiting for a training session with a physiotherapist.
The ICRC runs its own centre in Erbil and, through material donations and training, supports 11 Physical Rehabilitation Centres in Baghdad, Basra, Fallujah, Hilla, Najaf, Nasseriyah and Tikrit. In 2012, the ICRC provided physical rehabilitation services to more than 33,000 beneficiaries, 51% of whom are amputees.
© ICRC / P. Krzysiek / iq-e-01119
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Patients of the ICRC Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil perform individual exercises while waiting for a training session with a physiotherapist.
The ICRC runs its own centre in Erbil and, through material donations and training, supports 11 Physical Rehabilitation Centres in Baghdad, Basra, Fallujah, Hilla, Najaf, Nasseriyah and Tikrit. In 2012, the ICRC provided physical rehabilitation services to more than 33,000 beneficiaries, 51% of whom are amputees.
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Ensam with her son in the grocery store she opened with an ICRC grant in Wahed Huzeyran neighbourhood in Kirkuk.
Women shouldering the burden of caring for their families alone because their husbands have been killed, arrested, disabled by war injuries, or have gone missing, are struggling with extremely harsh living conditions. The ICRC aids them in their efforts to register with the Iraq's welfare allowance system. Women heading households are also offered grants to start small businesses and become financially self-sufficient.
© ICRC / P. Krzysiek / iq-e-01120
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Ensam with her son in the grocery store she opened with an ICRC grant in Wahed Huzeyran neighbourhood in Kirkuk.
Women shouldering the burden of caring for their families alone because their husbands have been killed, arrested, disabled by war injuries, or have gone missing, are struggling with extremely harsh living conditions. The ICRC aids them in their efforts to register with the Iraq's welfare allowance system. Women heading households are also offered grants to start small businesses and become financially self-sufficient.
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Distribution of livestock to farmers who lost their assets as the result of severe drought, in Makhmour, in the disputed territories of northern Iraq.
The ICRC helps needy farmers to improve their livelihoods by increasing their agricultural production in a sustainable way and helping them restock their herds. In 2012, the ICRC assisted over 7,000 farmers/livestock owners and their families. It contributed to improving their livelihoods through the rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure, the provision of greenhouses, drip irrigation systems, seed and tools and supporting livestock vaccinations.
© ICRC / S. Salih / iq-e-01121
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Distribution of livestock to farmers who lost their assets as the result of severe drought, in Makhmour, in the disputed territories of northern Iraq.
The ICRC helps needy farmers to improve their livelihoods by increasing their agricultural production in a sustainable way and helping them restock their herds. In 2012, the ICRC assisted over 7,000 farmers/livestock owners and their families. It contributed to improving their livelihoods through the rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure, the provision of greenhouses, drip irrigation systems, seed and tools and supporting livestock vaccinations.
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A water tank built by the ICRC in Koya district, near Erbil.
In 2012, more than 1,400,000 individuals had improved access to safe water and were less vulnerable to sickness through the upgrading and/or construction of 27 water facilities throughout the country.
© ICRC / S. Salih / iq-e-01122
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A water tank built by the ICRC in Koya district, near Erbil.
In 2012, more than 1,400,000 individuals had improved access to safe water and were less vulnerable to sickness through the upgrading and/or construction of 27 water facilities throughout the country.
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Information session pertaining to the dangers of explosive remnants of war conducted by the Iraqi Red Crescent Society for a community in Missan governorate in southern Iraq.
The ICRC supports the Iraqi Red Crescent Society in raising awareness about the risks posed by weapon contamination. In 2012, around 37,000 people living in contaminated areas learned how to adopt safer behaviour and better protect themselves against the risks.
© ICRC / S. Jovanovic
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Information session pertaining to the dangers of explosive remnants of war conducted by the Iraqi Red Crescent Society for a community in Missan governorate in southern Iraq.
The ICRC supports the Iraqi Red Crescent Society in raising awareness about the risks posed by weapon contamination. In 2012, around 37,000 people living in contaminated areas learned how to adopt safer behaviour and better protect themselves against the risks.
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Information session on international humanitarian law (IHL) in Zakho Military academy, near Dohuk.
In 2012, the ICRC organized seminars on integrating IHL into decision-making processes for 87 unit commanders and led courses for 27 future IHL instructors of the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces. It organized information sessions on international legal norms for 920 members of the Iraqi Armed Forces and for police officers.
© ICRC / M. Greub / iq-e-01123
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Information session on international humanitarian law (IHL) in Zakho Military academy, near Dohuk.
In 2012, the ICRC organized seminars on integrating IHL into decision-making processes for 87 unit commanders and led courses for 27 future IHL instructors of the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces. It organized information sessions on international legal norms for 920 members of the Iraqi Armed Forces and for police officers.
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First aid training given by the ICRC for trainers of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) in Sulaimaniyah.
The ICRC helps the IRCS develop its capacity to deliver humanitarian services in Iraq, focusing on re-establishment of family links, first aid, information about the dangers of explosive remnants of war and disaster management.
© ICRC / A. Ghanim
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First aid training given by the ICRC for trainers of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) in Sulaimaniyah.
The ICRC helps the IRCS develop its capacity to deliver humanitarian services in Iraq, focusing on re-establishment of family links, first aid, information about the dangers of explosive remnants of war and disaster management.
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