Change description : 2025-06-24 17:24:00: Removed Country policy and information note: Sunni (Arab) Muslims, Iraq, January 2021, which was out of date. [Guidance and regulation]
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Removed Country policy and information note: Sunni (Arab) Muslims, Iraq, January 2021, which was out of date.
17 September 2024
Published a new version of the country policy and information note: religious minorities, Iraq.
11 September 2024
Information on perceived collaborators removed as it is out of date.
27 August 2024
Updated the 'Country policy and information note: medical and healthcare issues'.
12 July 2024
Published 'Country policy and information note: Iraq Blood feuds, honour crimes and tribal violence, Iraq, July 2024'. This replaces and combines previous 'Iraq 'honour' crimes, March 2021' and 'blood feuds, Iraq, February 2020'.
1 November 2023
Updated and accessible version of 'Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns' added.
27 October 2023
Information on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns in Iraq has been updated.
1 August 2023
Added information on opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI).
1 August 2023
Country policy and information note: Iraq, opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), June 2021 has been removed as it is no longer relevant.
12 June 2023
Humanitarian situation: updated the country of origin information following the February 2023 review commissioned by the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information. Added an executive summary.
25 November 2022
Information on the security situation published.
17 October 2022
Removed outdated guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM).
30 August 2022
Added Country policy and information note: humanitarian situation, Iraq, August 2022.
27 July 2022
Information on "Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns" updated.
27 May 2022
Updated information on 'internal relocation, civil documentation and returns' published.
13 April 2022
Information note on Ba’athists removed as it is no longer valid.
1 December 2021
Updated country policy and information note: perceived collaborators and added an accessible HTML version.
3 September 2021
Updated country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.
27 July 2021
Added Country policy and information note: religious minorities, Iraq, July 2021.
11 June 2021
Political opinion in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) - August 2017 country policy and information note replaced with new opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) country policy and information note.
31 March 2021
Added a new document 'Country policy and information note: Iraq 'honour' crimes, March 2021'.
19 January 2021
Updated country policy and information note: medical and healthcare issues, Iraq to January 2021 edition.
11 January 2021
Updated country policy and information note: Sunni (Arab) Muslims, Iraq, to January 2021 edition.
6 January 2021
Added country policy and information note: actors of protection, Iraq, December 2020.
30 June 2020
Updated note on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.
27 May 2020
Updated country policy and information notes on the security and humanitarian situation in Iraq and internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.
17 February 2020
Added Country policy and information note: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Iraq, February 2020.
14 February 2020
Uploaded Country policy and information note: blood feuds, Iraq, February 2020.
27 January 2020
Removed 'Country policy and information note: Ba’athists, Iraq, November 2016' and replaced attachment with 'Country policy and information note: Ba’athists, Iraq, January 2020'.
8 October 2019
Updated country information and guidance: religious minorities, Iraq
8 May 2019
New medical and healthcare issues guidance.
19 February 2019
Uploaded new internal relocation document.
11 February 2019
Updated country policy and information note on perceived collaborators, February 2019.
19 November 2018
Updated country policy and information note on security and humanitarian situation.
19 October 2018
Updated Iraq: Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns
19 October 2018
Updated to add Country Policy and Information Note: Iraq: sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, October 2018
5 September 2018
Updated country policy and information note: internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.
12 January 2018
Note on perceived collaborators added.
22 September 2017
Added new country policy and information notes on return/internal relocation.
1 September 2017
Updated page with new documents.
30 June 2017
New country policy and information notes on return/internal relocation and Sunni (Arab) Muslims.
20 March 2017
New country policy and information note on security and humanitarian situation.