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The KCIL arranged workshop on the prosecution of international crimes and legislative guidelines for MPs and advisors of the Legal Committee of the Kurdistan Parliament:

 On May 7-8,2025. Erbil province, the KCIL in coordination with Kurdistan Parliamentary Research Center organized a two-day workshop for MPs and legal advisors regarding prosecution of international crimes, deliberating of the KCIL drafted bills on anti-discrimination and combating and prosecution of international crimes in the KRI, alongside in-depth dialogues on the KCIL legislative guidelines. Under the Justice Resilience Initiative in the Kurdistan Region (KRI), This project is funded by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs via Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IFA). At the first day, Dr. Asos Brakhas and Dr. Tawana Abdulrahman, the KCIL Executive Board members, introduced the KCIL anti-discrimination bill that the KCIL intends to submit to the Parliament through a joint effort with Independent Human Rights Commission in Kurdistan Region. In another session, Dr. Mumhead Rashid, the KCIL executive board member, delivered a session on the KCIL drafted bill on Combating and Punishment of International Crimes in the KRI. Subsequently, in the afternoon, Subsequently, the Dr. Sanar Taha facilitated a session introducing participants to the proposed bill addressing the prosecution of international crimes in Iraq. At the outset of the second day, Dr. Mohammed Elewa, drew the attention of the participants to the mechanisms of evidence collection and investigation approaches of the UNITAD in Iraq to prosecute international crimes. So far, Dr. Gurgen Petrossian delivered a session The universal Jurisdiction for prosecuting ISIS in third states, paralleled by a discussion on the experience of Ukrainian judicial institutions for the investigation and prosecution of international crimes which facilitated by Ms. Gabriela Radu. The final session of the workshop focused on a discussion of the legislative guide in the Kurdistan Region, presented by the guide’s authors—Dr. Hevi Hussein, Dr. Hassan Hussein, and Professor Mohammed Rashid. Accordingly, The trainers provided a comprehensive overview of the entire process involved in developing the guide, as well as the practical tools and methodologies for its application.