Five years after Iraq adopted the Survivors Law recognizing the Isis genocide against the Ezidi people, organizations say the legislation remains a significant step but is still only partially implemented. NGO groups warn that without stronger implementation and accountability for ISIS crimes, many survivors will remain without the full reparations they were promised.
The appeal case of Hasna A. has become a critical test of whether European courts are prepared to fully acknowledge and prosecute crimes committed under ISIS rule. For Ezidi survivors, the hearings were not an abstract legal exercise but a painful confrontation with lived trauma. The recognition of enslavement in a European courtroom carries profound meaning, affirming that crimes committed against the Ezidi people are neither forgotten nor beyond accountability.
Women are the quiet strength of every society. Even in the face of violence, displacement, and loss, they continue to protect their families, educate their children, and preserve culture. Among the Ezidis, women have shown that survival alone is not enough; they transform suffering into resilience and silence into voice. Their actions prove that the true power of a society is revealed not in how it dominates, but in how it values and listens to its women.
Iraq has launched new investigations into thousands of ISIS detainees transferred from northeastern Syria, including suspects accused of participating in the 2014 Ezidi Genocide. Authorities are rebuilding cases from the beginning as survivors continue to seek accountability and answers for those still missing.
Nadia Murad met with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola in a discussion reinforcing international attention on accountability for the 2014 genocide against Ezidis in Iraq. A survivor of the genocide, Murad has spent the past decade advocating for justice, recognition, and protection for survivors of sexual violence in conflict. The meeting highlights continued engagement between European institutions and global advocates working to ensure that crimes committed against Ezidis and their Sharfadin faith remain recognised and addressed at the international level.
The Ezidis know the consequences of ignored warnings. Ongoing instability in the region, particularly in Sinjar, has renewed serious concerns about safety and protection for a people who have already survived genocide. The conditions that enabled the atrocities of August 3, 2014, have not been fully resolved, leaving Ezidis vulnerable to renewed threats. Protecting Ezidis today is essential not only to acknowledge past crimes, but to prevent history from repeating itself.
Bangladesh’s 1971 genocide remains largely unrecognized internationally, despite clear evidence of mass killings, sexual violence, and attacks on intellectuals. This analysis examines the events through international criminal law, highlighting the urgent need for recognition, justice, and remembrance—lessons that resonate deeply with Ezidis and all peoples who have endured systematic persecution.
Plus d’une décennie après le génocide de 2014, près de 200 000 Ezidis restent déplacés et plus de 2 500 femmes et enfants sont encore portés disparus. La mémoire exige l’action, la dignité exige la justice, et la prévention exige le courage de confronter les crimes avant qu’ils ne se produisent.
Nobel laureate Nadia Murad continues her global mission for justice for Ezidi survivors of IS atrocities. During her recent meeting with the President Gustavo Petro of Colombia, she urged formal recognition of the Ezidi genocide, while advocating for survivor support, reparations, and accountability for perpetrators.
Belgian ISIS member Sammy Djedou is being tried in absentia in Brussels for genocide and crimes against humanity against Ezidi women. Prosecutors accuse him of enslaving, torturing, and raping three Ezidi women during ISIS’s 2014 attack on Shengal (Sinjar) in Iraq — crimes described as part of the group’s campaign to annihilate the Ezidis.
More than a decade after ISIS destroyed Shingal, Germany is urging Iraq to speed up reconstruction of the Ezidi homeland. Despite new laws and aid projects, most Ezidis remain displaced, and rebuilding has stalled amid political tensions and insecurity.
The documentary “Hawar, Our Banished Children” exposes the hidden trauma of Ezidi women raped by ISIS, who now search for the children born from these assaults. With 3,000 women still missing, the film highlights ongoing genocide, the rejection of these children by the Ezidi people, and the first European trials of jihadists for these crimes.
Duhok FC removed the sacred Ezidi sun symbol from their new shirt under pressure from Islamist voices. Eleven years after the 2014 genocide, hatred and cultural erasure persist, and the Ezidi identity is still denied recognition.
Iraq has begun the long-delayed excavation of the Khasfa mass grave near Mosul, a vast sinkhole where ISIS executed and buried thousands during its rule. Believed to hold at least 4,000 victims — including Ezidis, soldiers, and civilians — the site is one of the largest and most complex in modern Iraqi history. Forensic teams face immense challenges, but the work offers families of the missing a fragile hope for answers and dignity after more than a decade of silence.
On August 3, 2014, the Ezidi people of Sinjar were targeted for extermination by ISIS. Thousands were killed, enslaved, and displaced. The genocide aimed to erase not only lives, but identity, culture, and the ancient faith of Sharfadin.
Eleven years later, justice remains out of reach. Sinjar is still unsafe. Survivors are still waiting. And Iraq has yet to formally recognize the genocide—blocked by those who try to claim the Ezidis as their own.
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And we will not stop until justice is done and our people can return home safely. Ezidi Times will continue to speak. Loudly. Relentlessly. Truthfully.
Eleven years after the Ezidi genocide, survivors are still waiting—for justice, for reparations, and for meaningful support. This event in Washington, DC brought Ezidi voices and policymakers together to ask: what will it take to finally move from commemoration to action?
In a significant step toward holding perpetrators accountable, an Iraqi court has sentenced a former ISIS member to death for his involvement in the kidnapping of Ezidis during the 2014 genocide in Sinjar. The individual was found guilty of participating in the armed attacks and mass abductions that targeted the Ezidi people in northwestern Iraq.
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L’humanité traverse l’histoire en portant les cendres de ses propres crimes. Chaque pierre posée dans des mémoriaux comme celui de Tsitsernakaberd murmure des vies éteintes et des promesses trahies — plus jamais ça, disons-nous, et pourtant, encore et encore, nous échouons. Tandis que la flamme éternelle brûle pour les Arméniens de 1915, elle projette une ombre jusqu’à Sinjar, où le peuple ézidi souffre encore des conséquences du génocide déclenché par l’État islamique en 2014. Onze ans plus tard, les blessures demeurent béantes, aggravées par la trahison, la négligence et des jeux politiques cyniques. Combien de mémoriaux faudra-t-il encore ériger avant que nous comprenions enfin que le souvenir ne suffit pas — que la justice et la protection doivent suivre, faute de quoi le cycle ne prendra jamais fin ?
