Section: Genocide

Accountability

450 Turkmen Women Kidnapped by ISIS — A Decade of Silence and Unanswered Justice

450 Turkmen Women Kidnapped by ISIS — A Decade of Silence and Unanswered Justice In June 2014, ISIS seized Tal Afar and surrounding Turkmen towns in northwestern Iraq. Within days, an estimated 450 Turkmen women and girl…

3 May 2026
Arabs

UNITAD Closes Its Doors: Six Years of Work, Unfinished Business, and an Uncertain Future for Accountability

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 · HUSSEIN MONITOR UNITAD Closes Its Doors: Six Years of Work, Unfinished Business, and an Uncertain Future for Accountability Today, September 17, 2024, the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote…

17 September 2024
Accountability

Ten Years Since the Fall of Tal Afar: A Community Displaced, Women Still Missing, and Justice Still Waiting

JUNE 15, 2024 · HUSSEIN MONITOR Ten Years Since the Fall of Tal Afar: A Community Displaced, Women Still Missing, and Justice Still Waiting In June 2014, ISIS seized Tal Afar and erased a community in days. Ten years lat…

14 June 2024
Arabs

68 Mass Graves, 10 Years, and Still No Justice: Iraq's Unfinished Reckoning with ISIS

68 Mass Graves, 10 Years, and Still No Justice: Iraq's Unfinished Reckoning with ISIS Between 2018 and 2024, UNITAD and Iraqi authorities jointly excavated 68 mass grave sites across Iraq. Each site tells a story of syst…

1 June 2024
Accountability

Europe Can Prosecute ISIS — And It Should: The Case for Universal Jurisdiction

Europe Can Prosecute ISIS — And It Should: The Case for Universal Jurisdiction While Iraq's judiciary struggles with the scale and complexity of ISIS crimes, European courts have a legal tool that could change the equati…

31 May 2024
Accountability

Sinjar: Ten Years After the Genocide — What Has Changed?

Sinjar: Ten Years After the Genocide — What Has Changed? By Hussein Zainulabdeen | Independent Researcher — Iraqi Minority Rights | husseinmonitor.com On August 3, 2014, ISIS launched a coordinated attack on Sinjar. With…

3 October 2023