www.womenforjustice.net
Meeting of Foreign Affairs Committee (Denmark)
15 April 2021
Information
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Accountability for Yazidi Genocide: Legal approaches, problems and needs
Core problems of returning to Sinjar area: Security concerns (Turkey, IS again active in Syria
and Iraq), rebuilding process (Iraq/KRG), infrastructure and social problems
Political problems in the field and in the region affecting Yazidis presence and future,
especially political insecurity vs demands and first steps of self-determination of Yazidis
Health situation, esp. trauma within the society, esp. of (in the past) enslaved women
Ongoing genocide: still around 3.000 women and children in captivity, what happen to
children whose mother was held in captivity and father is an IS member (rapist)
Sharing of our approaches
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Sharing of approaches of Women for Justice & other Yazidi associations especially in the field
for a sustainable future in Sinjar and Iraq: our legal steps, rebuilding projects and social care
Introduction of Yazidi Justice Committee: legal experts want secure accountability for
genocide of Yazidis
Request/ Questions
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What is the position of Committee of Foreign Affairs concerning accountability and
rebuilding of Sinjar area?
What can the Committee do in order to support a sustainable peace process after IS has left
Sinjar (but not the region)?
Request: any possible joint activity on 3 August (remembering beginning of genocide)?