Human Rights Advocacy InitiativeWorkshop

March 2009

IF held a its third coalition building meeting on March 12, as part of the Human Rights Advocacy Initiative (HRAI) project  The meeting aimed at strengthening the coalition established last May and also at improving coalition members' skills in using the Martus human rights documentation software. 

In addition, HRAI coalition members participated in the project's second advocacy workshop from the 13 - 15. The goal of this workshop was to improve the report writing skills of coalition members. During the workshop, IF staff and coalition members met with several government officials including the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Human Rights, and KRG's Minister of Civil Society. IF also continued advocacy initiatives nationwide and monitored human rights reports and activities in the media and the Iraqi Parliament.