Saman Omar
Politician,University Lecturer,Researcher on Security Studies ,
Author 4 Books on Kurdistan Region National Security,Founder
@KCNS2020 & free library at Duhok
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@KCNS2020 & free library at Duhok
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On August 3, 2014, the terrorist organization Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known
as Da’esh or most recently shortened to Islamic State (IS)
attacked Sinjar in Northern Iraq within theNineveh province. The region was home to about 400,000 Yazidis as well as other religious minorities.More than two million people have caused serious human rights violations in Nineveh province.ISIL captured Sinjar and the surrounding villages within a few hours on that fateful morning. TheYazidis were specifically targeted by ISIL members and were subjected to some of its worst atrocitiesincluding but not limited to executions, sexual slavery, abduction, forced conversion, imprisonment andtorture.At the request of the Iraqi government, the United States began conducting air strikes and air-dropping humanitarian aid on August 8, 2014. Between August 9 and 13, Kurdish forces opened a safecorridor, allowing most of the surviving Yazidis to flee through Syria into the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) expressly incorporates the court has jurisdiction in accordance with this Statute with respect to the crimes of (a) Genocide; (b) Crimes againsthumanity; (c)War crimes; (d) The crime of aggression. These are elaborated on in Articles 5 and genocidespecifically in Article 6.This study aims to find out whether such heinous international crimes committed by IS against theYazidi people in Sinjar, Iraq during 2014-2017 can be placed under the jurisdiction of the ICC inaccordance with its governing document, the Rome Statute.The study is illustrative and uses a content analysis approach to answer research questions. Theresearcher analyzed the existing literature as well as the ICC legal documents to interpret and determinethe jurisdiction of the ICC regarding the Yazidi genocide in Iraq to ultimately recommend and demandreform at the end of the study.
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On August 3, 2014, the terrorist organization Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known
as Da’esh or most recently shortened to Islamic State (IS)
attacked Sinjar in Northern Iraq within theNineveh province. The region was home to about 400,000 Yazidis as well as other religious minorities.More than two million people have caused serious human rights violations in Nineveh province.ISIL captured Sinjar and the surrounding villages within a few hours on that fateful morning. TheYazidis were specifically targeted by ISIL members and were subjected to some of its worst atrocitiesincluding but not limited to executions, sexual slavery, abduction, forced conversion, imprisonment andtorture.At the request of the Iraqi government, the United States began conducting air strikes and air-dropping humanitarian aid on August 8, 2014. Between August 9 and 13, Kurdish forces opened a safecorridor, allowing most of the surviving Yazidis to flee through Syria into the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) expressly incorporates the court has jurisdiction in accordance with this Statute with respect to the crimes of (a) Genocide; (b) Crimes againsthumanity; (c)War crimes; (d) The crime of aggression. These are elaborated on in Articles 5 and genocidespecifically in Article 6.This study aims to find out whether such heinous international crimes committed by IS against theYazidi people in Sinjar, Iraq during 2014-2017 can be placed under the jurisdiction of the ICC inaccordance with its governing document, the Rome Statute.The study is illustrative and uses a content analysis approach to answer research questions. Theresearcher analyzed the existing literature as well as the ICC legal documents to interpret and determinethe jurisdiction of the ICC regarding the Yazidi genocide in Iraq to ultimately recommend and demandreform at the end of the study.
KEYWORDS:
Genocıde
- Members
-
Yazıdıs