The UK’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has announced a new Iraq inquiry into accountability for Daesh crimes, following up on work done in the previous Parliament.
Daesh, also known as Islamic State, ISIS or ISIL, grew to prominence in the early 2010s, taking advantage of instability in Syria and Iraq to control large parts of their territory.
Daesh committed crimes including the persecution of the Yazidis and targeting of women and girls. It is estimated that 5,000 Yazidis were killed, while more than 200,000 Yazidis were displaced from their homes and over 2,700 abductees remain missing.
With war crimes investigations and trials ongoing across Europe, this inquiry will raise some interesting questions for people in both Britain and across Iraq.
It is estimated that approximately 425 Daesh fighters have returned to the UK, but only around 32 individuals have been convicted of terrorism offences in UK courts.
But none have been convicted for international crimes, such as genocide. Is it time for the UK to put their Daesh citizens on trial for genocide, in the same way the allies put NAZI’s on trial after WW2?
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