Kerim Yildiz is a leading human rights defender and Executive Director of the Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP). He has been awarded by the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights for his services to protect human rights and promote the rule of law and is a board member of other human rights and environmental organisations. KHRP was most recently shortlisted for the Liberty/ Justice/ Law Society Human Rights Awards in 2004. Yildiz is the author of The Kurds in Iraq (Pluto Press, 2004) and the forthcoming The Kurds in Syria.
