Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 14 June met with the Institute for International Law and Human Rights (IILHR), a non-profit legal consultancy, to discuss its advisory work with Parliament’s standing committees.
Sittings & Legislation News
Committees' recent meetings - 10 June 2021
Committees made their recommendations in a report to the KRG on tackling the rise in killings and violence in general and particularly against women, following the sitting of 25 May on the issue.
Committees' recent meetings - 9 June 2021
The Integrity Committee met with a Halabja doctor who highlighted corruption in the province's health sector. Committees are working on the Bill on Regulating Surveillance Devices and the Bill on Application of Iraq's Stamp Duty Law.
Speaker Faiq chairs second meeting with UNITAD and Kurdistan Judicial Council on the Bill on Court for Crimes of ISIS
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 7 June chaired the second consultative meeting with UNITAD, to discuss the Bill on the Court in Kurdistan Region for the Crimes of ISIS. Members of the Kurdistan Judicial Council participated in the meeting.
Speaker Faiq chairs meeting of Parliament’s legislation advisers and UNITAD on Bill on Court for Crimes of ISIS
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 31 May chaired a consultative meeting between UNITAD and Parliament’s legislation advisers to discuss the Bill on the Court for the Crimes of ISIS.
Committees' recent meetings - 2 June 2021
Committees are working on several bills on commerce, investment and stamp duty, and discussed how to resolve the problem of children living in prisons with mothers serving sentences.
Parliament holds second reading of amendments to Law on Illegally Taken or Used Land in Municipalities
The Kurdistan Parliament on 26 May held a sitting presided over by the Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq, for the second reading of the first amendments to Law No. 3 of 2019, the Law on Illegally Taken or Used Land in Municipalities of Kurdistan Region.
Parliament and KRG discuss murders, suicides, domestic violence and possession of weapons
The Kurdistan Parliament on 25 May held a sitting to discuss murders, suicides, domestic violence and possession of weapons with the relevant KRG ministers, and to ask the KRG what it is doing to reduce such crimes.
Committees' recent meetings - 26 May 2021
Committees discussed several bills that are in passage, implementation of the Reform Law in the martyrs and anfal affairs directorates, and the conditions for Peshmerga on the frontlines.
Speaker Rewaz Faiq and Social Affairs Committees discuss draft amendments to Law on Rights and Privileges of Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 23 May attended the meeting of the Committee on Social Affairs and Protection of Human Rights, to discuss proposed amendments to the Law on the Rights and Privileges of Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs.