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Civic learning for life where Kurds live, and for public life everywhere. It teaches and never campaigns: no party, candidate or armed actor is endorsed.

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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization

Civic

Civic learning for life where Kurds live, and for public life everywhere. It teaches and never campaigns: no party, candidate or armed actor is endorsed.

Read a campaign

On the mapCivic course countries8Campaigns3Newcomer guidesin preparation
Now
Academy128 courses, none open for enrolment yetCivic3 campaigns, 6 programmesHeritage70 days to keep, 34 chronology entriesNewsNo approved sources yet, no confirmed events yetCommunity Cellsforming. No Chapter is recognised yet
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Tools for your country

Open consultations

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See open public consultations for your country with their closing dates and the official link.

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Consultations come from approved official sources. Submit your answer on the official site only. Where a closing date is published, add it to your own calendar with the button on the item.

Rights bodies near you

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Find the ombudsman, the human rights institution and the equality body for your place.

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An ombudsman takes complaints about public bodies when other routes have not worked. A national human rights or equality body handles discrimination and rights questions.

Newcomer checklist

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Follow the official first steps: registration, health, school and a language course.

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Ticks stay on this device and are never sent. Each step lists the official bodies checked for the country. The order is a common one, not a rule: follow the instructions of your own authority.

Statelessness and documents

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Find official help when papers are missing, refused or out of date.

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Civil registries and consular offices issue and replace papers. Stateless people may also seek help from the UN refugee agency and national bodies. This page signposts official help and gives no legal advice.

Residency and citizenship guide

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Find the official immigration and citizenship pages for your country.

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Rules change often. Read the official page and its date. Do not rely on a summary, including this one.

Asylum and protection

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Find the official asylum body and the UN refugee agency help for your country.

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The national asylum body decides claims. The UN refugee agency gives information in many countries. Contact them directly. This site never asks for details of your case.

Report discrimination or hate crime

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Find where to report discrimination or hate crime through official bodies.

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In an emergency call the emergency number. For discrimination, start with the equality body or the ombudsman. Keep dates, places and copies of messages. Report through the official body, not through this site.

Register to vote

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Check whether you may vote and register on the official election body's site.

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Voting rules differ by country, by level of government and by status. Only the official election body can say whether you may vote. This site endorses no party or candidate.

Find your representative

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Open the official parliament page to find who represents you.

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Parliaments publish the list of members and their offices. Use it to write to the person who represents you.

How to answer a consultation

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Learn how to write a response, then submit it on the official site only.

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A good response is short, specific and sourced. The ticks stay on this device.

Take part safely

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Learn how to take part with a handle, nothing personal and the anti-doxxing steps.

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The full rules are on the protected participation page. These steps are the short version. The ticks stay on this device.

Rights cards to print

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Print or save short cards with the bodies to call, each with its source.

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Each card lists a body, what it is for and the link to its page, with the date it was checked. Print the page or save it as a PDF to keep it when you are offline.

Form or join a Cell

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Ask to join or help form a Community Cell in your city.

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A Cell is chartered by a Chapter. A steward reads your request and answers through the platform. No one is listed on a page.

Campaigns

3 proposed · none openproposed
Count us inExplain how each census and survey asks about birthplace, ancestry, ethnicity and language, so people can answer freely.Kurds often disappear into the figures for Türkiye, Iraq, Iran or Syria. A community the statistics cannot see is easy to overlook when schools and services are planned.
voorgestel
Most European statistics count Kurds only as nationals of Türkiye, Iraq, Iran or Syria. A few countries let people record ethnicity, ancestry or language.
Measure
Platform observatory, country notes
Year
not recorded
Bron
No source yet. We show unknown, not a guess.
Status
secondary
Verify, add a source or report
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What happens next. A steward reads your note and checks the source. The page changes only after that. You are not named.

01Observatory note for every country programmein progress
02Plain-language guide to each census that asks about ancestry or languageplanned
03Guides translated into the community's languagesplanned
Teach the mother tongueMore trained teachers and shared materials for weekend and community schools in Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish and Gorani.Kurdish weekend schools depend on volunteers. Many teach alone, with no shared curriculum, no training and few books in their dialect.
voorgestel
01Teacher training course outlineddone
02First teacher cohortplanned
03Shared library of teaching materialsplanned
Safe by defaultMembers and their families keep their accounts safe and can recognise phishing and impersonation.Digital attacks on Kurdish activists, journalists and their relatives are documented by research organisations. Strong sign-in and careful habits reduce that risk.
voorgestel
Freedom House records transnational repression by Türkiye and Iran, among other states, against people abroad, Kurds among them: threats, coercion of families, digital attacks and phishing.
Measure
Freedom House, Transnational Repression
Year
not recorded
Bron
No source yet. We show unknown, not a guess.
Status
secondary
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What happens next. A steward reads your note and checks the source. The page changes only after that. You are not named.

01Digital safety course outlineddone
02Safety clinics run by Chaptersplanned
03Guide translated into the community's languagesplanned
A campaign teaches and never endorses a party, candidate or armed actor. Every claim carries its source and label.
Method

Civic participation, country by country

8 courses · one per countrynone open yet
Civic participation in Germany10 h · Outline ready, not open yet · How German democracy works at federal, Land and local level, and how Kurds living in Germa
Outline
Civic participation in Sweden10 h · Outline ready, not open yet · How Swedish democracy works at national, regional and municipal level, and how Kurds in Sw
Outline
Civic participation in FrancePlanned, outline not written yet ·
Outline
Civic participation in the United KingdomPlanned, outline not written yet ·
Outline
Civic participation in the NetherlandsPlanned, outline not written yet ·
Outline
Civic participation in BelgiumPlanned, outline not written yet ·
Outline
Registering, voting rights for non-citizens, associations and local councils, as each country's law states them. Where a guide is not researched, the page says so.
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Rights, country by country

UN · regional · national · local
Rights literacyin preparation
How rights systems workUN, regional and national systems in plain language.
Language rights comparedHow language rights differ across Türkiye, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
Safe documentationHow abuses can be documented without putting people at risk.
SourcesEvery guide links to the treaty, law or official text it describes.
Newcomer guidesin preparation
Asylum systemsHow asylum systems compare, in plain language.
Public servicesHealth, schools, housing and work registration.
InterpretersHow to ask for an interpreter in your Kurdish variety.
ReferralsLinks to public and registered advice services.
Statelessness and documentsin preparation
Plain guidesWhat statelessness means in law and how host countries recognise it.
Civil documentsHow births, marriages and identity are registered, and what happens without papers.
HistoryCourses on how statelessness arose for different Kurdish communities.
ReferralsPointers to organisations that give qualified legal help.
Every guide links to the treaty, law or official text it describes.

Report and verify

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Every figure, claim and record on this network carries Verify, Add a source and Report. Reports of false information, abuse or harm go to the stewards; corrections are logged in public with their date.

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5fact-check states
The reporter is never named. Nothing changes before a steward checks the source.
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Programme

6 · civic learning for life where the community lives
Rights literacy

Plain-language learning on human rights systems and the rule of law.

in preparationCivic participation

Taking part in public life where you live, country by country.

in preparationMedia literacy

Skills to judge sources, spot manipulation and stay safe online.

in preparationDialogue

Moderated dialogue across divides, including between Kurdish communities, dialects and faiths.

in preparationNewcomer guides

Plain guides to asylum, residence and public services in host countries, with referrals.

in preparationStatelessness and documents

Information on civil documents and statelessness for Kurds who lack papers.

in preparation
Civic learning for life where Kurds live, and for public life everywhere. It teaches and never campaigns: no party, candidate or armed actor is endorsed.