The Iraqi Turkmen Representation to the United Kingdom
has the
pleasure to invite you to a roundtable on
The Human Rights Situation
of the Iraqi Turkmen
Host
Lord Ahmed of Rotherham
Speakers
Professor Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham
Minority rights in Iraq and the Prospects for the
Iraqi Turkmen
Professor Mahir Nakip, Erciyes University Kayseri
Turkmen in Iraq and Kirkuk Identity
Thursday
18th October
2012 at 6:00 pm
(please
allow 20 minutes through security)
Committee
Room 4A
House of
Lords, Westminster,
London,
SW1A 0AA
(entrance
via St Stephens)
RSVP: itf_london@hotmail.com;
07948981076
The Iraqi Turkmen have
been victims of decades of persecution and victimisation as a distinct
community in Iraq. Hopes that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein would improve
their situation and offer redress for past injustices suffered have yet to be
fulfilled as they continue to be denied their status in Iraq and suffer from
various forms of discrimination and assimilation and migration pressures. This
event will highlight some of the most pressing issues currently facing Turkmen
in Iraq and offer an opportunity to discuss ways forward to improve their
situation.
Lord
Ahmed of Rotherham Lord Ahmed was created a
life peer in 1998, the first Muslim to be made one. He has been politically
active for a long time and the Labour Party recommended him to be made a Lord
as he is a prominent Muslim leader and it would add to the diversity of the
House of Lords.
Stefan
Wolff is Professor of
International Security at the University of Birmingham. He specializes in
conflict management and post-conflict state-building and has been involved in
various phases of conflict settlement processes, including in Iraq.
Mahir
Nakip is Professor of Marketing
at Erciyes University Kayseri, Turkey. He was president of the Iraqi Turks
Culture & Benevolence Associations in Turkey and served as a member of the
constitution committee of the Iraqi Opposition in London.
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