In December 2016, the Supreme Court of Germany authorised the issuance of an arrest warrant against an ISIS commander who is allegedly responsible for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated against the Yazidi minority in Syria and Iraq.
WeiterlesenAmal Clooney, a human-rights lawyer, is working with a Yazidi refugee to put Islamic State in the dock.
WeiterlesenThe activist from Iraq is received by Josep Maria Bartomeu and Jordi Cardoner, and meets some of the players as part of the club’s commitments towards women’s rights.
WeiterlesenNadia Murad returns to the UN Security Council and delivers a powerful speech during the 7847th meeting on trafficking in persons in conflict situations.
WeiterlesenNadia Murad selected as Foreign Policy's 2016 Global Thinker for transforming trauma into a quest for justice.
Weiterlesen"Nadia Murad - thank you for this deeply moving call to #StandUp4HumanRights, and to be a human rights champion."
WeiterlesenNadia Murad, a Yezidi woman who escaped the clutches of Islamic State (ISIS) militants and went on to highlight the plight of women kidnapped and enslaved by the group, was officially nominated by Iraq on Tuesday for the Nobel Peace Prize.
WeiterlesenWhen I addressed the UN Security Council earlier this year, I told them I was ashamed as a supporter of the United Nations that states are failing to punish genocide
WeiterlesenThe move follows months of pressure from Conservatives who put forward a motion that calls on the government to recognize that ISIS has committed genocide against the religious minority, and to acknowledge that Yazidi women and girls continue to be held as sex slaves by the terror group.
WeiterlesenNadia, a brave and eloquent witness of ISIS barbarity, is the voice of a new movement; she’s making the U.S. and the International Criminal Court pay attention.
WeiterlesenThe Greeks said Oxi to the Nazis. And we said No to ISIS.
WeiterlesenNadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two young Iraqis who escaped sexual slavery by the Islamic State and became advocates for women’s rights, were honored on Thursday with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the European Union’s top human rights award.
WeiterlesenNadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two Yazidi survivors of enslavement by the Islamic State (ISIS) have been awarded the 2016 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
WeiterlesenThe Canadian parliament has recognized the Yezidi genocide in a unanimous vote with survivor and UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad present.
WeiterlesenIt is my understanding that on October 25th, 2016 there will be a vote to recognize the Yazidi Genocide and support receiving Yazidi women, girls and children who become victims of ISIS sexual enslavement. I am currently in Ottawa to witness the vote and to meet with Members of Parliament.
WeiterlesenI was not raised to give speeches. Neither was I born to meet world leaders, nor to represent a cause so heavy, so difficult.
Weiterlesen"What’s less clear is whether the international community will complement its celebration of Murad’s strong protest for greater international action against the Islamic State by preventing the same crime from being continuously visited upon those she left behind, including her own family."
WeiterlesenHow, then, I asked, did it feel to be anointed by the U.N., to be recognized as a person of significance?
Weiterlesen"The ultimate goal is to get the International Criminal Court to prosecute the crimes committed by ISIS commanders against the Yazidis, for what the United Nations and U.S. State Department agree is genocide."
WeiterlesenThe appointment ceremony of Ms. Nadia Murad Basee Taha as UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking is now available on demand on the UN Web TV website.
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