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Civic

Civic knowledge for life in the host country and for public life everywhere. Education, not campaigning: no party, candidate or armed group is endorsed.

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Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council

Civic

Civic knowledge for life in the host country and for public life everywhere. Education, not campaigning: no party, candidate or armed group is endorsed.

Read a campaign

On the mapCivic course countries8Campaigns3Newcomer guidesin preparation
Now
Academy126 courses, none open for enrolment yetCivic3 campaigns, 5 programmesHeritage116 days to keep, 40 chronology entriesNewsNo approved sources yet, no confirmed events yetChaptersforming. None 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

finder

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.

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

finder

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

steps

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

to print

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 inHelp people understand how censuses and surveys ask about birthplace, ancestry and language, so they can answer as they choose.Policy follows numbers. Where statistics cannot see a community, its schools, services and needs go unseen too.
kuphakanyisiwe
UN DESA counts people born in Iran who live abroad. It cannot count their children and grandchildren.
Measure
UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024
Year
not recorded
Umthombo
No source yet. We show unknown, not a guess.
Isimo
verified
Verify, add a source or report
Help check this value

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 Persian and the other languages of Iran.Heritage schools run on volunteers. Most work alone, without a shared curriculum or training.
kuphakanyisiwe
01Teacher training course outlineddone
02First teacher cohortplanned
03Shared library of teaching materialsplanned
Safe by defaultEvery member and family protects their accounts and knows how to spot phishing and impersonation.Human rights organisations document transnational repression against Iranians abroad. Phishing is one documented method, and passkeys with careful habits protect against it.
kuphakanyisiwe
Freedom House documents transnational repression by several states, including Iran and Türkiye, against people abroad: threats, family coercion, digital attacks and phishing.
Measure
Freedom House, Transnational Repression
Year
not recorded
Umthombo
No source yet. We show unknown, not a guess.
Isimo
secondary
Verify, add a source or report
Help check this value

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 Canada10 h · Outline ready, not open yet · How public life works in Canada, and how to take part in it lawfully and safely.
Outline
Civic participation in Germany10 h · Outline ready, not open yet · How public life works in Germany, and how to take part in it lawfully and safely.
Outline
Civic participation in the United StatesPlanned, outline not written yet ·
Outline
Civic participation in the United KingdomPlanned, outline not written yet ·
Outline
Civic participation in SwedenPlanned, outline not written yet ·
Outline
Civic participation in the NetherlandsPlanned, 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
GuidesPlain guides to human rights systems and how complaints work.
CoursesCourses on democracy, the rule of law and human rights.
ReferralsReferrals to qualified legal services and recognised human rights bodies.
Many languagesGuides in the languages of the diaspora, as translations are reviewed.
Newcomer guidesin preparation
Country guidesHousing, health care, schools, work and public services, country by country.
Asylum and nationalityPlain explanations of how asylum and nationality law work.
ReferralsReferrals to qualified legal and immigration services.
Dates checkedEach guide states when it was last checked.
Every guide links to the treaty, law or official text it describes.

Report and verify

checked by the communityopen to all

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.

0corrections logged
5fact-check states
The reporter is never named. Nothing changes before a steward checks the source.
Corrections log

Izinhlelo

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

Plain guides to human rights systems and the rule of law.

in preparationCivic participation

How to take part in public life in the host country.

in preparationMedia literacy

Skills to check sources, spot manipulation and read the news critically.

in preparationDialogue across divides

Moderated dialogue between people who disagree, with published rules.

in preparationNewcomer guides

Country guides for newcomers: information and referrals, never legal advice.

in preparation
Civic knowledge for life in the host country and for public life everywhere. Education, not campaigning: no party, candidate or armed group is endorsed.