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Taza stricken - Imminent danger

12 April 2016

A report about bombing of Taza with chemical weapons/

From the date of the entry of terrorist s of ISIS (Daesh) to Iraq on June 10,

2014, and its control over some areas, implemented through the presence of

serious human rights abuses, ranging from forced displacement, murder

systematic on the basis of caste, religion and various violations against

women , girls and children, with the destruction of infrastructure through

mining, those terrorist used different methods of torture and mass

executions for different classes of the Iraqi people.

Again they bombed town of Taza with the prohibited chemical weapons

(Taza, located 220 km north of Baghdad / Kirkuk province, population

exceeds 35,000 people, an area of 20 square kilometers) civilians were

targeted.

Cases of death and various injuries were recorded, especially to the category

of women and children, as a result of the increase in deaths as well as to lack

of government& international attention needed, formation of a team of

Iraqi civil society organizations has been done to visit Taza on Thursday,

24.03.2016 to seek truth and follow the reality of these violations and the

resulting damage to the ground,

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Following points were observed

1-Taza was bombed on 03/08/2016 4.30 pm the evening of 41 missiles

loaded with contaminated gases ( sulfur mustard ) fell in residential areas

and on some agricultural fields

2-Preliminary examination confirms that the missiles are loaded with

chemical weapons ( sulfur mustard ) internationally banned , Medical Center

of Taza documented hundreds of cases of suffocation and rashes, especially

among children.

3- as a result of indiscriminate firing of missiles have landed in different parts

of Taza, so different parts of the stricken pollution in addition to material

damage.

4- death of four children (three girls and a boy) as a result of chemical burns

and severe choking , skin rashes and the failure of the kidneys due to the

toxic gases, recording abortions 7 nearby regions of the accident as a result

of severe suffocation for women, and the majority of people and their

families don't have the ability to travel for treatment, and as a result of

weakness medical capabilities available, which threatens to more deaths and

worsen the humanitarian crisis gradually.

5- only palliative medicine currently available in Taza, lack of medicines or

medical &chemical specialized staff.

6- Statistics preliminary confirm directly injuring dozens of chemical

substances, and as a result of the absence of government attention 7

patients sent to Baghdad, 15 to Turkey, and in other cases, some patients

treated at one's own expense in Iran, these dangerous situations in mostly

women and children.

7- The court of Taza receives claims by the claimants, more than 2,500

recorded cases, and hundreds of these cases have initial effects of indicators

chemicals and injury..

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8-bombardment on Taza is not new, it has been previously targeted frequent

attacks by missiles from areas close to the terrorist groups that are not just

more than 4 square kilometers (village Bashir) with clear government

silence..

9- In general noted absence of a clear plan or national committees

governmental organizations concerned with such cases, and this is a great

imbalance noticed in the performance of government departments which

does not match the nature the circumstances in Iraq.

10- wounding dozens of girls in school as a result of the direct proximity of

missiles fell, after three weeks of disruption.

when the Iraqi parliament announced that the Taza-stricken city in its

meeting (Tuesday, 03/15/2016), but the government measures by all levels

has done nothing or care commensurate with the nature of the serious

damage to the region (there is no interest by Iraqi government or

international sides parallels the size of the humanitarian disaster till the time

of writing this report), and this is contrary to what came in the international

community in general and Iraq in particular for the obligations that require

these parties to provide full support for the ongoing work of these

violations,,

The general situation in terms of Taza requires intervention nationally and

internationally, where it was observed lack of government attention which

doesn’t recognize the imminent danger to life in Taza,

, as NGOs We demand

1- immediate formation of a medical team and a chemical specialists to visit ,

examine and treatment people of Taza

2- We demand , as soon as possible the government and international

agencies to clean up the region from the effects of material remaining from

41 missile.

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3- We urge the international community and international missions in Iraq

and the European Union and we call for a redoubling of efforts in order to

take measures to eliminate international terrorism depend on what came in

the United Nations General Assembly Resolution (session 51 16.1.1997.(

4-violation records a dangerous precedent, which requires a direct and fast

from specialists at the United Nations to visit Iraq and to recognize the type

of intervention and how violations and damage caused to civilians, also we

demand the Secretary-General of the United Nations to send specialized

committees to regard this crime and other crimes of genocide for the mass

5- The protection of civilians and provide the necessary health services is a

collective responsibility of all parties and deceleration and silence encourage

the terrorist groups (Daesh) to carry out more violation and times, if we

know that it has exercised all the violations, Taza was bombed previously

many times, and the Iraqi government bears the responsibility to offer right

of remedy and reparation for victims of Taza in accordance with the UN

resolution, adopted by the General Assembly on December 16, 2005 and

issued on 03.21.2006 (sixtieth session(

6-If things stay the way it is the continuation of the bombing, targeting and

failure to observe the situation without international intervention puts the

lives of citizens in danger due to severe neglect they are exposed to, as well

as displays of peace and national security at risk, so we invite the Secretary

General of the United Nations and the European Union to preview this

profile to the UN Security Council..

It is an international legal basis of the United Nations has committed to and

within the laws of the intervention and follow-up prohibition and

criminalization of chemical weapons and to support countries that are

exposed to terrorism, so we call the UN to implement its obligations,

including

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1-The General Assembly at the United Nations to take full measures as stated

in its announcement (3318 (d -29) of 14 December / December 1974 on the

Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict, and in

the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and

Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and the destruction of these

weapons in 1972 and which became effectively in 1975

2-General Assembly resolution in 1978, which states (that hold convention

prohibiting the development, production and stockpiling of all chemical

weapons and their destruction of the tougher tasks in front of the

international community pressing(

3-Geneva Conventions and the Hague Conventions in 1899 and 1907, the

prohibition on the use of hazardous chemicals.

Stakeholders:

International:

11- The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon

2-The UN Security Council - New York

3- General Assembly at the United Nations

4- Human Rights Council - Geneva UN

5- International missions and embassies and international organizations

inside and outside Iraq

6- EU European and other missions

National:

1-Iraqi Council of Representatives (parliament speaker Office and the

Commission on Human Rights and the relevant committees(

2-The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers Council

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3- The Supreme Judiciary

4-Human Rights Commission.

5- Iraqi NGOs networks

6-Bar Association professional and professional unions

7- Media

Visiting NGOS to Taza: prior report,, a final one with documents and other

papers will be issued

1-Sawa Organization for Human Rights

2-Dar es Salaam, Iraqi Center

3- Iraqi Human Rights Watch society

4- I am a civilian organization

Bent al-Rafidain)

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5- Organization of Mesopotamia girl

6- Yana Foundation for Youth