Publications

New Nationality Law compromises principles of justice and rule of law

  • Publications
  • Oman
  • 16/11/2025

On 02 February 2025, the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq, ratified the new Omani Citizenship Law, and thereby abolished the old citizenship law issued in 2014. The

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End Impunity, Protect Journalists

  • Publications
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Lebanon
  • MENA
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Syria
  • Yemen
  • 2/11/2025

A Report published by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) to mark the International Day to End Impunity in 2025, marked each year with partners on 02

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GCHR’s 36th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

  • Publications
  • Iraq
  • 27/10/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented the human rights situation in Iraq during the past five years since the start of the popular movement in October

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Jordan’s Systemic Repression of Human Rights Defenders

  • Publications
  • Jordan
  • 9/10/2025

1. Executive Summary This report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) documents how legal, regulatory and informal measures in Jordan restrict the work of

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Periodic Report on Serious Human Rights Violations

  • Publications
  • Yemen
  • 30/09/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented numerous human rights violations in Yemen over the past month and a half, committed by parties to the ongoing

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Periodic Report on Serious Human Rights Violations

  • Publications
  • Yemen
  • 15/08/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented numerous human rights violations in Yemen over the past two months, committed by parties to the ongoing conflict.

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Overview of human rights violations in Bahrain

  • Publications
  • Bahrain
  • 9/08/2025

I. BAHRAIN GENERAL PRESENTATION With a population of over 1.5 million in 2023, Bahrain is a constitutional monarchy that calls itself “reformist”. Inaugurated in

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GCHR’s periodic report on human rights violations in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region

  • Publications
  • Iraqi Kurdistan
  • 1/08/2025

The local government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq continues to commit serious violations of the civil and human rights of citizens, including civil society

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Lebanon Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review, 51st Session

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  • Lebanon
  • 24/07/2025

Introduction In this submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), Maharat Foundation, IFEX and OMCT

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