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The Government strongly condemns any and all abuses or violations of human rights.
We have received reports from Amnesty International and others that Iraqi Security
Forces have committed human rights violations in Iraq. Concerns also remain around
unlawful detention, as well as deficiencies within the Iraqi justice system more generally.
The newly formed Government of Iraq has committed to tackling these issues. We welcome
the commitments made by Prime Minister al-Abadi to reorganising the Iraqi Security
Forces (ISF), integrating volunteer civilian fighters and dissolving militia groups,
and his order on 13 September to ISF units fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant (ISIL) not to shell in civilian areas, with the aim of preventing civilian
casualties. The UK fully supports the Iraqi government in this as well as its efforts
to uphold the rule of law and bring those responsible for all violations and abuses
of human rights to justice. At the Human Rights Council in September we co-sponsored
a resolution which strongly condemns ISIL and also stresses the need for accountability.
The resolution was passed by consensus and mandates the Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights (OHCHR) to despatch an urgent mission to investigate and report on
ISIL abuses.
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