Nadia Murad called the vote on the Law on Surviving Yazidi Women «an important step»

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Read: 1720     15:30     03 Март 2021    

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, a survivor of the ISIS terrorist group, described the law as "an important first step in recognizing sexual violence, gender trauma, and the need for reparations."

"The implementation of the law should focus on the comprehensive support and sustainable reintegration of Yazidi survivors," Nadia wrote on Twitter after the law was approved on Monday.

The Iraqi parliament has approved a law that, for the first time, recognizes crimes committed by ISIL militants against Yazidi women and children, as well as other ethnic and religious groups, as genocide and crimes against humanity.

The legislation includes the first legal recognition of the Yazidi genocide by the Government of Iraq, a term previously recognized by the Kurdistan Regional Government (PKK).

In June 2014, ISIL militants swept through vast areas in northern and western Iraq, taking control of almost a third of the country.

Thousands of Yazidi women and children were enslaved by the extremists, along with other members of the Christian and Shiite Turkmen and Shabak communities.

The law provides that survivors will be entitled to material compensation, as well as pensions and wages. The Act also provides for the creation of a State department to care for survivors, rehabilitate them, and help them reintegrate into society.

Parliament's approval is "a victory for our daughters, victims of the most heinous violations and genocides of ISIS. It is necessary to continue efforts to clarify the fate of others who are still missing and abducted, as well as to compensate the victims and bring the perpetrators to justice," Iraqi President Barham Saleh wrote on Twitter.

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Nadia Murad called the vote on the Law on Surviving Yazidi Women «an important step»

2021/03/85461-1614759536.jpg
Read: 1721     15:30     03 Март 2021    

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, a survivor of the ISIS terrorist group, described the law as "an important first step in recognizing sexual violence, gender trauma, and the need for reparations."

"The implementation of the law should focus on the comprehensive support and sustainable reintegration of Yazidi survivors," Nadia wrote on Twitter after the law was approved on Monday.

The Iraqi parliament has approved a law that, for the first time, recognizes crimes committed by ISIL militants against Yazidi women and children, as well as other ethnic and religious groups, as genocide and crimes against humanity.

The legislation includes the first legal recognition of the Yazidi genocide by the Government of Iraq, a term previously recognized by the Kurdistan Regional Government (PKK).

In June 2014, ISIL militants swept through vast areas in northern and western Iraq, taking control of almost a third of the country.

Thousands of Yazidi women and children were enslaved by the extremists, along with other members of the Christian and Shiite Turkmen and Shabak communities.

The law provides that survivors will be entitled to material compensation, as well as pensions and wages. The Act also provides for the creation of a State department to care for survivors, rehabilitate them, and help them reintegrate into society.

Parliament's approval is "a victory for our daughters, victims of the most heinous violations and genocides of ISIS. It is necessary to continue efforts to clarify the fate of others who are still missing and abducted, as well as to compensate the victims and bring the perpetrators to justice," Iraqi President Barham Saleh wrote on Twitter.

Source Ezdina





Tags: #yazidisinfo   #newsyazidi   #aboutyazidi   #ezidi   #NadiaMurad