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1. Three Years After Genocide in Iraq, Affected Communities Need Protection & Accountability
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Three years after the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) committed genocide and other mass ... atrocities against Yezidi, Christian, and other religious minorities in northern Iraq, these communities -
2. Iraq
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with people who had fled the genocidal crimes of IS in Northern Iraq and the war crimes of Syria ... northern Iraq, targeting ethnic and religious minorities through murder, rape, torture, forced conversion -
3. Alarmed By Iraq
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even genocide are already underway. Of course, Iraq is already suffering mass atrocities of its own at ... Iraq’s long-running civil war has spread and intensified again over the past year, and -
4. Iraq Bearing Witness Trips
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signs of potential genocide in Iraq that went unnoticed or misdiagnosed by the international community ... crimes, and ethnic cleansing against religious minority communities across northern Iraq between June and -
5. The Horror in Northern Iraq
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Islamic State (IS) conducted a violent campaign against civilians in Ninewa province in northern Iraq ... home to most of Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities. More than 800,000 people (external link) were -
6. Iraq: From Cradle to Grave of Civilizations
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The country now called Iraq has been a cradle of civilization since 4800 BC. The first systems of ... writing and of justice are believed to have originated in Sumeria and Babylon, now Iraq. The name “Iraq -
7. Escalating Risk of State-Led Mass Killing in Iraq
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question about the risk of a new episode of state-led mass killing* occurring in Iraq before 2015 ... -led mass killing* occurring in Iraq before 2015. As noted in a recent post, our -
8. The Path to Reparations for Victims of IS Crimes in Iraq
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Over six years have passed since the self-described Islamic State’s assault on Iraq and Syria, and ... self-described Islamic State’s (IS) assault on Iraq and Syria, and its particular targeting of ethno -
9. Museum Releases Groundbreaking Report on Threats to Minorities in Iraq
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Minorities in Northern Iraq; Yezidis Targeted for Genocide Washington, DC—The self-proclaimed Islamic State ... warning signs of potential genocide in Iraq that went unnoticed or misdiagnosed by the international -
10. Museum Statement on Crimes against Humanity in Iraq
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self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) across large portions of northern Iraq. Of greatest immediate ... Sinjar in Iraq without food or water since August 3 and who face likely slaughter should they attempt to -
11. Genocide Timeline
." March 17, 2016: Genocide in Iraq and Syria Secretary of ... "genocide." It does not attempt to detail all cases which might be considered as genocides
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12. Genocide, 1948
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adopted the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. How has this ... Advisor and former director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the US Holocaust -
13. Genocide: The Threat Continues
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genocidal violence of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and the group-targeted violence of ... Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide to bring attention to the people and places -
14. Women’s Experiences of Genocide
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enslavement). During the genocide against the Yezidi in Iraq, many women and girls reported being forced to ... Gender is fundamental to how genocide is experienced and documented, and how justice is achieved -
15. US Government Statements on Genocide
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Punishment of the Crime of Genocide marked a turning point in world history. Today, 150 nations including the ... United States are parties to the Genocide Convention. In 2018, in recognition of the convention -
16. Podcast: Seeking Justice for the Yezidi Genocide
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agreement that the self-proclaimed Islamic State committed genocide against the Yezidi in Northern Iraq in ... Initiative podcast to discuss the acts the genocide, which include the murder of men and the elderly and -
17. Holocaust and Genocide Prevention Elective for Officers
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design a Holocaust and genocide prevention elective for officers. Held at the Museum, the four-session ... interagency tools available to the US government to prevent genocide and mass atrocities. About the Program -
18. The Armenian Genocide (1915-16): Overview
Sometimes called the first genocide of the twentieth century, the ... Armenian genocide refers to the physical annihilation of Armenian Christian people living in the Ottoman
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19. The Armenian Genocide (1915-16): In Depth
The Armenian genocide refers to the physical annihilation of ethnic Armenian Christian people ... 1.2 million died during the genocide. Armenians call these events Medz Yeghern
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20. Marking the Six-Year Anniversary of the Yezidi Genocide
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designated that IS had committed genocide and crimes against humanity against religious minorities in Iraq ... stands in solidarity with victims and survivors, and again calls for Iraq and the wider international -
21. Inching Towards Justice: The 8th Anniversary of the Yezidi Genocide
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August 3, 2022 marked the eighth anniversary of attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... on the Yezidis of northern Iraq. Eight years on, the need for justice remains unabated -
22. US Government Declares Genocide Committed by Islamic State
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’s designation today that the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) has perpetrated genocide and crimes against ... humanity against religious minorities in Iraq is a historic first step towards addressing the human cost of -
23. 40 Years After Cambodia: Rethinking Genocide Studies and Prevention
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Forty years ago, the fall of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime marked the end of four brutal ... the International Association of Genocide Scholars aimed at rethinking genocide studies and prevention -
24. International Conference Examines Failure to Prevent Genocide in Srebrenica
expulsion of Muslims from Serb-controlled territories in eastern Bosnia constituted a “genocide” under the ... definition of the 1948 Genocide Convention. The conference is sponsored by the United States Holocaust ... in the Age of Genocide, that began last year with a conference on the Rwandan genocide and the
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25. The First Yezidi Genocide Conviction: A Long-Awaited Spark of Justice
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genocide for an ISIL member’s crimes against Iraq’s Yezidi community. Last week’s ruling, coming seven ... crime of the genocide against the Yezidi community in Iraq. This finding, in the 2015 Bearing Witness