First Process Monitoring Report: Major Corruption Cases Across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (November 2022 – December 2023) [EN/AR/KU] – Iraq

This report is the result of a collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Anti-Corruption and Arbitration Project), the Human Rights Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Judicial Council of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and has been financially supported by the European Union Mission.

The program focuses on monitoring major corruption cases in the criminal courts of Erbil, Duhok and Sulaymaniyah. The program evaluates judicial procedures and practices, the application of legal provisions and trial outcomes.

At the initial stage of the program, the team monitored 100 cases and reviewed 50 court decisions from 2016-2022. These were included in the report, which contained the results of the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the monitored and reviewed cases, as well as recommendations to each body involved in combating corruption.