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Non-Governmental Organisations

This section of the website lists NGOs, charities, and campaign groups working in Iraq or on Iraq policy. The list is not comprehensive, particularly outside the UK. Please let us know about groups we should add.

Please note that the Iraq Analysis Group does not necessarily endorse the views or activities of these organisations. This list does not include Iraqi political, civil and minority rights groups, which are listed under Iraqi Politics and Security.

• International
  • Coming to Terms with the Humanitarian Imperative in Iraq (01 Jan 2007)

    Summary of forthcoming study on perceptions of humanitarian needs and activities in Iraq.

    Based on interviews with Iraqis, and with NGO workers in Iraq, carried out Oct-Dec 2006 by Iraqi researchers for the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University (USA).

    Findings include:

    • Blurred distinctions between military, political, commercial and humanitarian actors: "Our fieldwork in different regions of Iraq confirms that it is now often virtually impossible for Iraqis (and sometimes for humanitarian professionals) to distinguish between the roles and activities of local and international actors, including military forces, political actors and other authorities, for-profit contractors, international NGOs, local NGOs and UN agencies."

    • the only exceptions to this (and to the relative lack of aid providers' openness and transparency) were local religious charities and mosques, although these were also subject to some pressure from parties and militias.

    • importance of perceived neutrality of aid providers. "Neutrality is not an abstract notion in Iraq. Our research indicates an acute readiness among Iraqis to distinguish between aid providers that have taken sides, and those that have not; however, readiness does not necessarily equate to ability."

    • Decline of 'neutral' aid funding: "important sources of “neutral” funding fell off sharply in mid-2005....Our interviews with a range of humanitarian organizations still operational inside Iraq indicate that since the escalation of inter-communal violence sparked by the Samarah Mosque bombing in February 2006, bilateral donors and ECHO have generally been unresponsive and resistant to operational innovations on the ground."

    • Declining security situation in centre/south in recent months, accompanied by increasing secrecy and uncertainty amongst aid providers, which hampers their operational effectiveness and their transparency

  • Global Policy Forum Iraq Section

    Fairly extensive web resource collecting links, news articles and analysis on a variety of aspects of the situation in Iraq, including: Post-War Iraq, Occupation and Rule in Iraq, Corporate Contracts, Reconstruction of Iraq, Development Fund for Iraq, Humanitarian Crisis, Justifications for War, Oil in Iraq, Iraq Tribunal, War and International Law, Consequences of the War and Movement Against the War and Occupation.

  • International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX)

    IFEX is a global network of non-governmental organisations that monitors press freedom and freedom of expression violations in Iraq and other countries. Circulates alerts and reports on cases involving journalists killed, threatened or detained in the line of duty.

  • Amnesty International
    • Amnesty International Report 2006: Iraq Overview (23 May 2006)

      The Amnetsy Internaltional 2006 Report covers events from January to December 2005.

      Both the US-led Multinational Force (MNF) and Iraqi security forces committed grave human rights violations, including torture and ill-treatment, arbitrary detention without charge or trial, and excessive use of force resulting in civilian deaths. Armed groups fighting against the MNF and the Iraqi government were responsible for grave human rights abuses, including the deliberate killing of thousands of civilians in bomb and other attacks, hostage-taking and torture. Dozens of people were sentenced to death by criminal courts and at least three were executed. Former President Saddam Hussain and seven others were brought to trial. Women and girls continued to be harassed and lived in fear as a result of the continuing lack of security.

    • Amnesty Report on Iraqi Special Tribunals (13 May 2005)

      Report title: "Iraqi Special Tribunal-Fair trials not guaranteed" (thorough and fairly exhaustive critique of the Iraqi Special Tribunals)

    • Amnesty International Iraq pages
    • Amnesty International Report 2004
  • Committee to Protect Journalists
    • CPJ: 'Government instructs media to promote leadership's positions' (12 Nov 2004)

      "The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply disturbed by a new directive from Iraqi authorities that warns news organizations to reflect the government's positions in their reporting or face unspecified action. " See also Al Jazeera's reporting: "Iraq's media regulator has warned news organisations to stick to the government line on the US-led attack in Falluja or face legal action."

  • Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
    • Iraq: Sectarian Violence, Military Operations spark new displacement as humanitarian situation worsens (23 May 2006)
    • Global IDP Project 'Iraq: continued insecurity adds to vulnerability of over 1 million IDPs' (24 Nov 2004)
  • International Crisis Group
    • Reconstructing Iraq (02 Sept 2004)

      Report by the International Crisis Group, outlining the economic problems caused by the Baathist heritage, security problems, lack of CPA planning, and short-termism caused by the hastening of the timetable for the transfer of power. Worries that the limited legitimacy of the interim government will restrain it from making broad economic changes, and sets out an economic agenda for the Iraqi government and the international community. Full report available in pdf and MS Word formats, and in Arabic

    • Iraq's Kurds: towards an historic compromise? (08 Apr 2004)

      Report from the International Crisis Group, analysing Kurdish demands for autonomy and the disputes surrounding Kirkuk. Full report available in pdf and MS Word formats, and in Arabic

  • International Save the Children Alliance
  • Jubilee Iraq

    An organisation campaigning for debt reduction.
  • Refugees International
  • Reporters Without Borders
• France
  • Enfants du Monde - Droits de l'Homme
  • Jeunes France Irak
• Iraq
  • Human Rights NGO capacity-building in Iraq (Feb 2005)

    Report of a discussion of the capacity-building needs of Iraqi NGOs, held in Amman in December 2004, and conducted by the International Human Rights Network at the request of the UK Government

  • LAONF

    LAONF (NONVIOLENCE) is an internet publication in arabic administrated by a heterogeneous group of Iraqis, belong to different ethnic, ideological and religious groups. They all agreed to adopt the strategy of "NONVIOLENCE" as the best way of struggle for building an independent, democratic, peaceful, strong and wealthy Iraq.

  • NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq

    The NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq (NCCI) is an autonomous body created by NGOs working in Iraq, with the aim to promote information sharing and coordination. The purpose of the NCCI is to provide a forum for collective NGO activity to enhance the effectiveness of humanitarian action in Iraq at the national level.

    • Iraq Health Situation (Oct 2006)

      Links to various articles and reports detailing the health situation in Iraq - prepared by the NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq.

    • Iraq Emergency Situation: Trends in violence, Humanitarian Needs, preparedness (02 May 2006)

      Report produced by the NGO Cordination Committee in Iraq, supported by Oxfam, on the humanitarian situation in Iraq

• Italy
  • Un ponte per... / A bridge to...

    English homepage

• Norway
  • Norwegian Refugee Council
• United Kingdom

  The Stop the War Coalition maintains a more comprehensive list of UK anti-war groups.

  • Development Gateway: Relief and Reconstruction in Iraq

    An excellent collection of links and documents, including "Iraq's Constitutional Process: Shaping a Vision for the Country's Future"; "Gender and Constitution-Building: From Paper to Practice"; and "The Iraqi Constitution from an Economic Perspective"

  • NABA - National Associaiton of British Arabs

    General community website for the British Arabs with wide range of sections, including large number of articles on Arab issues, including Iraq, in addition to the affairs of Arabs in Britain.

  • Remember Fallujah

    Sponsored by Brent Stop the War, Iraq Occupation Focus, Justice Not Vengeance, Sutton for Peace and Justice, Voices in the Wilderness UK and the Wrexham Peace and Justice Forum.

  • Act Together: Women's Action for Iraq
  • Arab Media Watch
  • Campaign Against Depleted Uranium (CADU)
  • Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq (CASI)

    No longer active, but the website remains the most comprehensive source of information about the economic sanctions which devasted Iraq during the 1990s.
  • Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding (CAABU)
  • Friendship Across Frontiers
  • Iraq Occuption Focus

    London-based group educating and mobilising against the occupation of Iraq.
  • Kurdish Human Rights Project
    • KHRP Iraq Page
  • Medact
    • Registered Charity Number 1081097
    • Iraq Health Update (March 2006)

      Update on the health situation in Iraq provided by Medact

  • Religious Society of Friends (British Quakers)
  • Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House)
  • Save the Children UK
    • StC UK Iraq page
  • Stop the War Coalition
  • Voices in the Wilderness UK
  • Women in Black UK
• United States

  A much more comprehensive list of US anti-war groups is available from the National Grassroots Peace Network/National Network to End the War Against Iraq.

  • American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • American Friends Service Committee: Iraq Project
  • Christian Peacemaker Teams: Adopt-a-Detainee Campaign

    The Christian Peacemaker Teams - one of the very few groups of internationals still maintaining a presence inside Iraq - have been running an Adopt a Detainee Campaign since Feb. 2004, pairing union, church, peace and anti-war groups around the world with individual detainees and getting them to write letters on behalf of their "adopted" detainee.
  • Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq

    Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq & Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq
  • Counting the Cost

    US project to publicise the human cost of the war.
  • Human Rights Watch
    • HRW Iraq page
  • Iraq Action Coalition
  • Iraq Body Count

    Database of media-reported civilian deaths in Iraq resulting directly from the invasion of Iraq by the US and its allies.
  • Iraq Revenue Watch

    Small NGO monitoring the use of Iraqi oil revenues. Part of the Open Society Institute, funded by George Soros.

    • Geographical Distribution of Iraq's Oil Fields and Its Relation with the New Constitution (May 2006)
    • Managing Iraq's Petroleum (Apr 2006)

      Report by Iraq Revenue Watch on a meeting of oil experts looking at the future of managing oil revenues in Iraq

    • Second Transparency Report on Smuggling of Crude Oil and Petroleum (2006)

      This document, produced by the inspector general of Iraq's ministry of oil and translated by Revenue Watch, describes corruption in the oil sector, and particularly the multi-billion dollar smuggling of crude petroleum and refined products.

    • 'Iraqi Oil Wealth: Issues of Government and Development' - Policy Recommendations from Discussions at the London Conference (July 2005)

      The group's policy recommendations focus on how to promote economic reconstruction, transparency and accountability, equitable revenue distribution, and how to prevent corruption. Most importantly, they urge Iraqis to create an environment in which political, economic, and social actors can participate in developing an oil industry that will support Iraq's transition to democracy.

    • 'Protecting the Future: Constitutional Safeguards for Iraq's Oil Revenues' (26 May 2005)

      Explores ways that Iraq can avoid this trap by embedding measures for accountability into the future Iraqi constitution. The report recommends provisions that make clear which agencies are responsible for the development and implementation of the Iraqi budget, and grant oversight of oil revenues to all branches of government—executive, legislative, and judicial.

    • 'Disorder, Negligence and Mismanagement: How the CPA handled Iraq reconstruction funds' (Sept 2004)

      Iraq Revenue Watch report on alleged failings in CPA management of Iraq reconstruction funds. The report is available as a pdf file.

    • Archive of IRW reports
  • Iraqi American Chamber of Commerce and Industry

    Established by several hundred IraqiAmerican business professionals with the aim to help the iraqi private sector join the global economy of the 21st century after decades of neglect. Today IACCI has over 150 employees - mostly Iraqis in offices throughout Iraq, Amman (Jordan) and Washington DC.
  • National Grassroots Peace Network (NGPN)

    Formerly the National Network to End the War Against Iraq. No longer active, but the website remains useful.
  • Open Society Institute
  • Project on Defense Alternatives
    • Occupation Distress - the effect of the Iraq war on the U.S. military (19 May 2005)

      Resources and analysis detailing the human, economic and military cost of the Iraq war for the U.S. military. Run by the Project on Defense Alternatives.

  • Traprock Peace Center
  • Voices in the Wilderness US
  • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
• UK Charities

  Want to donate money to humanitarian work in Iraq? This is a list of UK-based registered charities working in Iraq or on Iraq policy.

  • Care International UK

    CARE was the only international NGO to maintain a continuous presence in southern and central Iraq from the 1991 Gulf War to the 2003 invastion. CARE ended all operations in Iraq in October 2004 following the kidnap and murder of Margaret Hassan, CARE's Country Director in Iraq.

    Iraq page

    • Registered Charity Number 292506
  • Christian Aid

    Christian Aid has worked in Northern Iraq since 1991 and in the South and Centre since 2003.

    Iraq page

    • Registered Charity Number 258003
  • Help the Children of Iraq

    May no longer be in operation.

    • Registered Charity Number 1056486
  • Help the Needy
    • Registered Charity Number 1059951
  • Human Relief Foundation
    • Registered Charity Number 1043676
  • Iraqi Aid Council (IRAC)

    Established in 1995. Works in Iraq, Iran, and Britain.

    • Registered Charity Number 1073771
  • Iraqi Civilian Aid

    May no longer be in operation.

    • Registered Charity Number 1024571
  • Kurdistan Children's Fund / Kurdistan Save the Children

    A local Kurdish charity established in 1991.

    • Registered Charity Number 1027522
  • Marshes Relief Foundation
    • Registered Charity Number 1052296
  • Medical Aid for Iraqi Children
    • Registered Charity Number 1044222
  • Rosanna Hospital Trust (Previously Kurdistan Reconstruction Organisation)
    • Registered Charity Number 1016166
  • Save the Children UK

    Save the Children has worked in Northern Iraq since the early 1990s.

    • Registered Charity Number 213890
  • Medact
    • Registered Charity Number 1081097
    • Iraq Health Update (March 2006)

      Update on the health situation in Iraq provided by Medact