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MERI’s aim in collaborating with the academia is to expand its association with faculty members and the intellectual elite and engage them in research and policymaking initiatives.

The United Nations has a long history of engagement in Iraq in an electoral assistance capacity.

The Database Program is one of the major components of MERI’s PVAW project and focuses on building further on the previous attempts of the General Directorate in collecting and analyzing data to facilitate initiatives akin to their policies.

To strengthen the Rule of Law, state institutions need to go beyond facilities and infrastructure and provide quality public services through quality performance by each and every civil servant, including judges.

MERI strives to become a source of information for researchers, journalists and news networks and MERI members.

On February 26, MERI’s Democracy & Governance team was received by the Judicial Council in Erbil to discuss concrete steps to enhance the rule of law in Kurdistan Region.

More funding and critical attention is required from United Nations and world powers to mitigate the humanitarian disaster.

In Erbil, Bernard-Henri Lévy raised his concerns about the international coalitions’ lack of clear vision and strategy in the fight against ISIS.

The Kurds are our allies and we want the Kurdistan Region to be a successful example of democracy. In this regard, we will continue to build democracy in the Kurdistan Region as this is the best means for gaining international support.

MERI’s Democracy & Governance team completed a six-month review process with officials, experts and the civil society to close existing loopholes and propose new amendments