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MERI has been training special police units at the Directorate General of Combating Violence Against Women, on international quality standards and performance management systems.

French political scientist, Professor Gilles Kepel in a visit to MERI, as part of broader French delegation with the Institute Français du Proche-Orient.

In an official visit to MERI, Mr. Sinan Chalabi, Minister of Justice, expressed his willingness for a collaborative project on ‘Good Governance and the Justice System’.

MERI has disseminated the draft law to over two hundred local parliamentarians, legal experts and NGOs for consultation by way of written submission.

MERI continued its work on the issue of Kirkuk by bringing together leading decision makers to discuss the current situation and identify possible ways forward

Cem Özdemir, Co-Chairman of the German Green Party and a high level delegation from Germany visited MERI to discuss the latest security situation and the condition of the 1.5 million IDPs and refugees in the Kurdistan region.

MERI Forum debates were followed by breakthroughs in negotiations over the KRG budget and aviation traffic to Sulaimani Airport. PM Abadi sent Minister Abdul-Mahdi to visit Erbil to expedite agreement

MERI hosted a workshop on quality assurance with police officers from special units combating domestic violence. This workshop is part of our Preventing Violence Against Women project.

The latest information and analysis of the ISIS war and its political and economic implications were presented. See report.