Common analysis

 

This part of the country guidance includes the common analysis:

 

 

It provides analysis on the following elements:

General Remarks 1. Actors of persecution and serious harm Preliminary remarks       Overview: areas of control/activity          1.1 The Iraqi State 1.2 Popular Mobilisation Units and Tribal Mobilisation Militias 1.3 Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities 1.4 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) 1.5 Tribes 1.6 Other non-State actors 2. Refugee status Preliminary remarks Analysis of particular profiles 2.1 Persons perceived to be associated with ISIL 2.2 Sunni Arabs 2.3 Political opposition activists and protesters  2.4 Journalists, media workers and human rights activists 2.5 Deserters from armed forces 2.6 Individuals approached for recruitment by armed groups 2.7 Former Baath party members 2.8 Members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU), Peshmerga and local police 2.9 Individuals perceived to oppose ISIL 2.10 (Perceived) collaborators of Western armed forces, organisations, or companies 2.11 Humanitarian workers 2.12 LGBTIQ persons 2.13 Individuals perceived to transgress moral codes 2.14 Individuals considered to have committed blasphemy and/or apostasy 2.15 Religious and ethnic minorities, and stateless persons 2.16 Women 2.17 Children 2.18 Persons living with disabilities and persons with severe medical issues 2.19 Persons involved in and affected by blood feuds in the context of tribal conflict 2.20 Individuals accused of ordinary crimes 3. Subsidiary protection 3.1 Article 15(a) QD 3.2 Article 15(b) QD 3.3 Article 15(c) QD Preliminary remarks a.  Armed conflict (international or internal) b.  Qualification of a person as a ‘civilian’ c.  Indiscriminate violence d.  Serious and individual threat e.  Qualification of the harm as a ‘threat to (a civilian’s) life or person’  f.   Nexus/‘by reason of’ 4. Actors of protection The State Iraqi State Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Parties or organisations, including international organisations 5. Internal protection alternative Preliminary remarks Part of the country Safety Travel and admittance Reasonableness to settle General situation Individual circumstances Conclusions on reasonabless 6. Exclusion Preliminary remarks Exclusion grounds a. Crime against peace, war crime or crime against humanity b. Serious (non-political) crime c. Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN d. Danger to the community or the security of the Member State Relevant circumstances Crimes committed in the context of the conflict with ISIL (2014 – ongoing) Crimes committed after the fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein (2003 – ongoing) Crimes committed during the regime of Saddam Hussein Criminal activity and other types of violence Guidance with regard to Iraq Article 12(2)(a) QD and Article 17(1)(a) QD Article 12(2)(b) and Article 17(1)(b) QD Article 12(2)(c) and Article 17(1)(c) QD

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