IF and Human Rights Advocacy Initiative Members Celebrate Human Rights Day

December 2009

On December 10 2009, IF held a press conference in Baghdad to celebrate human rights day. The press conference, organized in collaboration with four Baghdad- based HRAI coalition members, launched human rights week activities and was attended by several Iraqi officials including Human Rights Ministry representative, Mr. Hussein Jasim Al-Zuhairi, and the head of the Iraqi Lawyers Union, Mr. Ali Al-Chamri.

From December 10 to 20, HRAI coalition successfully implemented more than 33 activities in 14 governorates. Activities included a puppet show, drawing competitions for children, football games for women, conferences and workshops in schools, poetry festivals about human rights, and radio and TV programs. All activities were implemented in collaboration with local officials and civic leaders. IF also distributed 20,000 human rights pins in Kurdish and Arabic and 2,000 copies of the Universal Periodic Report (UPR) that the HRAI coalition prepared and submitted to the UN on August 31 2009. The activities were covered by a considerable number of national and local media outlets.