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Published 9 December 2016 Last updated 27 August 2024 +show all updates
Updated the 'Country policy and information note: medical and healthcare issues'.
Published 'Country policy and information note: Iraq Blood feuds, honour crimes and tribal violence, Iraq, July 2024'. This replaces and combines previous 'Iraq 'honour' crimes, March 2021' and 'blood feuds, Iraq, February 2020'.
Updated and accessible version of 'Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns' added.
Information on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns in Iraq has been updated.
Added information on opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI).
Country policy and information note: Iraq, opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), June 2021 has been removed as it is no longer relevant.
Humanitarian situation: updated the country of origin information following the February 2023 review commissioned by the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information. Added an executive summary.
Information on the security situation published.
Removed outdated guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM).
Added Country policy and information note: humanitarian situation, Iraq, August 2022.
Information on "Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns" updated.
Updated information on 'internal relocation, civil documentation and returns' published.
Information note on Baathists removed as it is no longer valid.
Updated country policy and information note: perceived collaborators and added an accessible HTML version.
Updated country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.
Added Country policy and information note: religious minorities, Iraq, July 2021.
Political opinion in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) - August 2017 country policy and information note replaced with new opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) country policy and information note.
Added a new document 'Country policy and information note: Iraq 'honour' crimes, March 2021'.
Updated country policy and information note: medical and healthcare issues, Iraq to January 2021 edition.
Updated country policy and information note: Sunni (Arab) Muslims, Iraq, to January 2021 edition.
Added country policy and information note: actors of protection, Iraq, December 2020.
Updated note on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.
