International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative
Monitoring IHL in Iraq
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DateTitleSource
21 Apr 2008Civilians Suffer in Sadr City’s Daily Gun Battles (The New York Times)
15 Apr 2008Car bombs kill nearly 60 in Iraq (Washington Post)
11 Apr 2008Sadr City clashes hit Iraqi civilians hard (Christian Science Monitor)
05 Apr 2008Military charges civilian contractor in Iraq (Washington Post)
28 Mar 2008 IRAQ: Humanitarian situation deteriorates in Basra (IRIN)
13 Mar 2008UN torture investigator denied access to US prisons in Iraq (JURIST News)
10 Mar 2008IRAQ: Minister leads call to end violence against women (IRIN)
03 Mar 2008Iraq: Civilian deaths rise in February but still lower than in 2007 (Reliefweb)
24 Feb 2008Iraq Bomber Targeting Shiites Kills 40 (Washington Post)
24 Feb 2008Army chief: 'Warnings over Iraqi civilian deaths were ignored' (The Independent)
21 Feb 2008US soldier acquitted of murder in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian killing (JURIST News)
20 Feb 2008Iraq launches campaign to halt use of mentally disabled in bombings (Reliefweb)
31 Jan 2008Iraq conflict has killed a million, says survey (Reuters, Reliefweb)
25 Jan 2008Army learns lessons from Iraq abuses (BBC News)
25 Jan 2008Army learns lessons from Iraq abuses (BBC News)
24 Jan 2008Sergeant to Be Tried in Iraqi's Death (Washington Post)
16 Jan 2008Attacks in Iraq decrease but insufficient progress on political front, UN reports (UN News)
11 Jan 2008Soldiers convicted in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal (International Herald Tribune)
11 Jan 2008Abu Ghraib officer: Probe was incomplete (Associated Press)
10 Jan 2008Factbox - Many tolls for Iraq's population (Reuters)
09 Jan 2008151,000 Iraqis died violent deaths in three years after 2003 invasion – UN study (UN News Centre)
09 Jan 2008Wartime civilian death toll a challenge (Associated Press)
04 Jan 2008No Murder Charges Filed in Haditha Case (Washington Post)
02 Jan 2008 IRAQ: Islamic extremists target women in Basra (IRIN)
02 Jan 200824,000 civilian Iraqi deaths in 2007: independent group (AFP, Reliefweb)
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DateTitleSource
09 Apr 2008Two faces of Blackwater (Reuters)
08 Apr 2008General Petraeus' Remarks to the Senate Armed Services Committee (Associated Press)
02 Apr 2008Memo: Laws Didn't Apply to Interrogators (Washington Post)
31 Mar 2008Framework for conflict-sensitive programming in Iraq (Reliefweb)
28 Mar 2008U.S. Inquiries into Iraqi deaths (BBC)
28 Mar 2008Exposure: The woman behind the camera at Abu Ghraib (The New Yorker)
15 Mar 2008Iraq: UN report on rights violations says violent attacks in decline (United Nations News Centre)
25 Jan 2008The Real "Surge" of 2007: Non-Combatant Death in Iraq and Afghanistan (Carnegie Council)
09 Jan 2008Pass new law ending immunity for contractors (Human Rights Watch, Reliefweb)
04 Jan 2008Attacks by Women Suicide Bombers in Iraq (Associated Press)
31 Dec 2007US inquiries into Iraqi deaths (BBC)
01 Dec 2007Iraq reports drop in civilian toll (LA Times)
20 Nov 2007Boat troops unlawfully killed (BBC)
20 Nov 2007Secretary-General calls for creation of working group, as Security Council holds day-long debate on protection of civilians in armed conflict (United Nations Security Council, Reliefweb)
13 Nov 2007Analysis: Violence Down in Baghdad (Washington Post)
12 Nov 2007Are Iraq's Detainees Treated Fairly? (TIME Magazine)
02 Nov 2007Was Waterboarding A Crime? Beyond a Doubt. (Washington Post)
19 Oct 2007A Catalogue of Abuse (The Guardian)
19 Oct 2007Iraqi Civilian Deaths (Washington Post)
11 Oct 2007Iraq violence, in figures (BBC)
11 Oct 2007Human Rights report, 01 April – 30 June 2007 (UNAMI)
05 Oct 2007Iraqi Reconstruction: Reliance on Private Military Contractors (US House of Representatives: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform)
05 Oct 2007Private Military Contractors in Iraq: An Examination of Blackwater's Actions in Fallujah (US House of Representatives: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform)
03 Oct 2007Murky 'Blackwater' and the Direct Participation Dilemma (JURIST News)
01 Oct 2007The struggle to defeat roadside bombs (Washington Post)
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