In addition, several topics were discussed, including the disruption of voting on the laws in the Iraqi parliament, which some attributed to the fact that those laws are intersected with the interests of the political parties. Discussions were also made on the last changes in the structures of the political parties, and to whether these are among the plans of preparation for the upcoming elections or just a repositioning and rejuvenation exercise. In addition, a reference was made to the Mr. Prime Minister’s emphasis on the necessity to keep the Popular Mobilization within the state’s frame and to ensure the discipline of the security forces to preserve the victory. Meanwhile, the participants invited the state to provide an official statistical information about the number of martyrs and fatalities during the three years of war. Lastly, the participants commended the initiative organized by civilian activists to host a group of Mosul’s people in the holy city of Najaf, for being an example of non-sectarianism among the components of the Iraqi society, and that sectarianism only exists among the political class. An emphasis was also placed on the necessity for the government to take its turn in activating the civil society in Iraq, for being an important addition that consolidates the institutional building and strengthens the foundations of democracy.

Conclusion:

·         The competencies marginalized within the personnel of the political parties started to take a bigger role, and that is represented in the new members of the Independent Commission for Human Rights.

·         A strong corruption system is expanding all over the state, including its economic, social, political, governmental and judicial bodies.

·         The liberation of Mosul represents a crossroad that divides between the emergence of ISIS organization and the policy that encouraged its proliferation on one hand, and the future of Iraq in the context of ISIS’s desire and determination to increase its influence there.

·         There is a dull routine and time-consuming procedures followed in the state’s offices that apply to all applicants, whether their application is personal or for investment, commercial or industrial purposes.

·         The struggle for power by some parties and personalities at some government’s offices acting in the best interests of the party or the influential actor are the main obstacles in building the state’s institutions.

Recommendations:

·         The members of the commission of human rights must be independent, as the competencies that belong to parties will carry with them their loyalty to their parties, which will lead to the reproduction of the quota in a new form.

·         There must be not only laws to fight corruption, but also strong and honest statesmen who are loyal only to their homeland to implement these laws.

·         To avoid the revival of ISIS, the Iraqi government and the United Nations must focus the dialogue on unifying the views among the different Iraqi political parties.

·         Among the responsibilities of the government is that it must work on facilitating the procedures related to fulfilling paperwork in the different offices, and this must be done through developing firm mechanisms based on the modern technologies and studies specialized in this field.

·         To promote the independence of the government institutions in all their forms, for being one of the most important guarantees that maintain the structure of the state and its institutional system.

Names of some participating members during the week:

(1)   Dr. Lukman Al-Fili

(2)   Dr. Basel Hussein

(3)   Dr. Abbas Kazem

(4)   Dr. Watheq Al-Hashemi

(5)   Dr. Aqeel Abbas

(6)   Mr. Saeed Yaseen

(7)   Mr. Haider Hamada

(8)   Mr. Thaer Al-Dulaimi

(9)   Dr. Abdul Hakim Khasro

(10)  Dr. Qusai Mahbuba

(11)  Mr. Saif Al-Khayyat

(12)  Mr. Hashim Dawood