Section: UNITAD
UNITAD Is Gone — What Happens to the Evidence, the Witnesses, and the Hope for Justice?
UNITAD Is Gone — What Happens to the Evidence, the Witnesses, and the Hope for Justice? In September 2024, the UN Investigative Team for Accountability of Da'esh (UNITAD) closed its doors after six years of work in Iraq.…
13 May 2026
Taza Khurmatu 2016: The ISIS Chemical Attack That the World Chose to Ignore
Taza Khurmatu 2016: The ISIS Chemical Attack That the World Chose to Ignore On March 8, 2016, ISIS launched a chemical weapons attack on Taza Khurmatu — a Shia Turkmen town south of Kirkuk. Hundreds were injured. Childre…
14 April 2026
Bir Alou Antar: What Iraq's Newest Mass Grave Site Is Telling Us — and What It Cannot Yet Say
AUGUST 28, 2024 · HUSSEIN MONITOR Bir Alou Antar: What Iraq's Newest Mass Grave Site Is Telling Us — and What It Cannot Yet Say Between May and August 2024, UNITAD and Iraqi forensic teams excavated a natural sinkhole ne…
27 August 2024
UNITAD Is Closing: Who Protects the Witnesses Now?
UNITAD Is Closing: Who Protects the Witnesses Now? By Hussein Zainulabdeen | Independent Researcher — Iraqi Minority Rights | husseinmonitor.com On September 17, 2024, the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Acc…
10 April 2024
Transitional Justice in Iraq: Illusion or Reality?
Transitional Justice in Iraq: Illusion or Reality? By Hussein Zainulabdeen | Independent Researcher — Iraqi Minority Rights | husseinmonitor.com Iraq has had 23 amnesties between 1975 and 2016. It has had dozens of prose…
22 January 2024