Kurdistan Center for International Law (KCIL) in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office's fund via ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) on 26th July 2022 held a roundtable discussion with the representatives of four Kurdistan Parliamentary Committees (legal, human rights, martyrs, and social affairs), as well as, the Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament, legal advisors, representative of German consulate in Erbil and representatives of international organizations such as; Axiom International and UNAMI were attended in the discussion.

At the beginning, the Executive Director of the KCIL thanked the Speaker of the Parliament and the Director of the Research Unit at the Parliament for their supportive cooperation, the aim and objectives of the panel discussion was presented and the general goal of the project which is criminalizing core international crimes in KRI was thoroughly explained.

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament, Dr. Rewaz Faiq, in her speech said "If the issue of domestication of international criminal law for many nations of the world is an academic issue and related to human rights, then for our people is a matter of existence and life, there are countless violations of international law against our people. For this purpose, we in the Kurdistan Parliament support the open discussions in this meeting”. she hoped that the work of this dialogue would reach good results and answer the legal questions that arise regarding the internalization of international human rights norms. she asked the participants to prepare a summary of the important points in this open discussion, so that the Kurdistan Parliament can use it to draft the bill in coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government and the KCIL. Lastly she asked the KCIL to more support the Kurdistan Parliament, generally for drafting bills according to the international standards and especially the ongoing debate on the bill of Anti-Discrimination law in KRI.

Then, the two researchers, Dr. Mohammed Rasheed and Dr. Sheeraz Ibrahim presented the outline of the research and illustrated the possible findings and recommendations for the possibility of domesticating international criminal law in KRI. The participants discussed the challenges and solutions and provided recommendations for the further actions for the initiation.