This part of the country guidance includes the common analysis:
The common analysis represents the joint assessment of EU Member States of the situation in the country. It is based on common country of origin information, published by EUAA, which is analysed in accordance with the 1951 Geneva Convention and the Qualification Directive (recast), further taking into account the jurisprudence of the CJEU and ECtHR and general EUAA guidance.
The contents of this part include:
1. Actors of persecution or serious harm
- Preliminary remarks
- Overview: areas of control/activity
- 1.1 The Iraqi State Actors
- 1.2 Popular Mobilisation Forces and Tribal Mobilisation Militias
- 1.3 Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities
- 1.4 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
- 1.5 Tribes
- 1.6 Other non-State actors
- Preliminary remarks
- Analysis of particular profiles with regard to qualification for refugee status
- 2.1. Persons (perceived to be) affiliated with ISIL
- 2.2. Sunni Arabs
- 2.3. Human rights and political opposition activists and protesters
- 2.4. Journalists and media workers
- 2.5. Deserters from armed forces
- 2.6. Individuals approached for recruitment by armed groups
- 2.7. Former Baath party members
- 2.8. Members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), Peshmerga and local police
- 2.9. Individuals perceived to oppose ISIL
- 2.10. (Perceived) collaborators of Western armed forces, organisations, or companies
- 2.11. Humanitarian workers
- 2.12. LGBTIQ persons
- 2.13. Individuals perceived to transgress moral codes
- 2.14. Individuals considered to have committed blasphemy and/or apostasy
- 2.15. Religious and ethnic minorities, and stateless persons
- 2.16. Women
- 2.16.1. Violence against women and girls: overview
- 2.16.2. Forced and child marriage
- 2.16.3. Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C)
- 2.16.4. Women acting in the public sphere
- 2.16.5. Women perceived to have transgressed moral codes
- 2.16.6. Women perceived to be associated with ISIL
- 2.16.7. Single women and female heads of households
- 2.17. Children
- 2.17.1. Violence against children: overview
- 2.17.2. Child marriage
- 2.17.3. FGM/C
- 2.17.4. Child labour and child trafficking
- 2.17.5. Child recruitment
- 2.17.6. Education of children and girls in particular
- 2.17.7. Children born under ISIL who lack civil documentation
- 2.17.8. Children without a care-taker
- 2.18. Persons living with disabilities and persons with severe medical issues
- 2.19. Persons involved in and affected by blood feuds in the context of tribal conflict
- 2.20. Individuals accused of ordinary crimes
- 3.1. Article 15(a) QD
- 3.2. Article 15(b) QD
- 3.3. Article 15(c) QD