The Kurdistan
Center for International Law (KCIL) in cooperation with German Federal Foreign
Office's fund via ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) aims to implement the
second phase of the project under the title of (Towards Domesticating International Criminal Law in Kurdistan and
preventive measures for Core Crimes) in 2023. within the framework of a
series of legal activities and raising awareness.
In general, the project`s activity will be
divided into six levels, including:
- Raising public
awareness by translating documents and conventions related to international
criminal law into Kurdish language.
- Through 12 special
training courses and workshops, the KCIL is introducing personnel within the
judiciary and legislative authority in the KRI with the principles of
international criminal law
- Take advantage of the results of KCIL`s research by
using them as a reference in the process of providing consultation to
parliamentarians during writing new laws, amendmends, and providing local and
international expertise to provide scientific guidance in accordance with
international law.
- Organizing summer-school camps for law school students to
familiarize them with International Criminal law, International Human Rights Law
and International Humanitarian Law.
- Preparing Manual of War Crimes for preventing war crimes
for the Ministry of Peshmerga of the KRG. To use this procedure, the KCIL
organizes a series of training courses for military personnel to develop
procedures for preventing war crimes and raise awareness of the consequences of
war crimes under international criminal law.
- During the implementation of the project, the KCIL will try to launch
training for 10 trainers in cooperation with an International Criminal Law
Center.
The project will directly establish a bridge for communication with
members of Parliament, judges, prosecutors, academics and representatives of
the components of Kurdistan within the framework of its implementation phase.
With the aim of further strengthening the project and achieving its strategic
objectives, meanwhile, the KCIL only aims to pave the way for this project at
this stage and try to increase the capacity of people in the judiciary,
legislature, military and experts to raise public awareness. One of the KCIL’s
long-term goals is to try to benefit from the capabilities of foreign experts
and the future goals of the project, and to draft a bill and direct it to
Parliament to create a platform for domesticating international criminal law in
the KRI judicial and legislative system.