Ten Years After the Yezidi Genocide: Gaps in U.S. Law Expose Lack of Corporate Accountability
Great Seal of the United States.Photo: Wikimedia Commons. This year was the tenth anniversary of the Ezidi genocide. Legal experts...
Secretary Blinken’s New Statement: Ongoing Commitment to Justice for Ezidi Genocide Victims
Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosted Ezidi activists at the State Department on July 23 ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Ezidi genocide by ISIS.
Is the return of Ezidis to Sinjar realistically possible?
This year in August it will be 10 years since the IS attacked Sinjar, committed heinous crimes, and forced several hundred thousand Ezidis to leave their ancestral land. To this day it’s reported that between 100 000 to 200 000 Ezidis live in IDP camps across the Middle East. The Iraqi Council of Representatives has adopted the Yezidi Survivors Law (YSL) which was aimed to bring justice to Ezidis but also Turkmen, Christians and Shabaks. Yet, to this day, no Iraqi court has sentenced anyone for committing genocide against the Ezidi people. Despite this, there are hopes among the Ezidi people, living in IDP camps, to return home to Sinjar.