Delegation to Iraqi Kurdistan

Turkish and Iranian cross-border military actions inside Iraqi Kurdistan have taken lives and caused physical harm to more than 850 civilians and forced into displacement more than 600 Kurdish, Assyrian Christian and Yezidi villages. Through the construction of 130 bases, Turkish forces de-facto occupy nearly the whole span of the Turkish/Iraq border reaching a distance between 6 to 40 kms deep inside Iraqi Kurdistan. The peace process negotiations that started in 2025 have revived hopes that life might return to the occupied mountain villages and civilian communities might return to rebuild their homes. 

Join the CPT’s Iraqi Kurdistan team in their work of monitoring civilian impacts of the peace process and advocacy for the return of displaced communities and protection of human rights defenders. 

Come to learn from civil rights activists who keep speaking the truth, organizing and challenging unjust power structures in the face of repression. Come to meet families that are weaving resistance under the visors of highly sophisticated drones and rebuilding their homes and replanting farmlands while facing one of NATO’s most powerful armies. Connect with youth that trains in nonviolence and builds peace across cultural and religious divides. Learn about Kurdistan’s diverse and vibrant cultures, warm hospitality, moving history and nonviolent resistance that transforms the region. 

The delegation will start by connecting with the city and civil society of Sulaimani where the CPT-IK team is located. The delegation will join the team on a multi-day trip across Iraqi Kurdistan region to meet civil rights activists and communities that resist war and displacement across Sulaimani, Erbil and Duhok governorates. While on the road, the delegates will have a chance to visit important places of Kurdistan’s history, like Halabja and Amedi and Lalish, the sacred temple of the Yezidi people.