{"id":49174,"date":"2026-08-12T19:16:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/?p=49174"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:16:45","slug":"on-the-anniversary-of-the-genocide-against-the-yazidis-between-the-memory-of-genocide-and-the-realization-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/2026\/08\/12\/on-the-anniversary-of-the-genocide-against-the-yazidis-between-the-memory-of-genocide-and-the-realization-of-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Yazidis Between the Memory of Genocide and the Realization of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Ziyad Abdulwahab Al-Nuaimi<\/span><\/strong>
\nCollege of Law \u2013 University of Mosul<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The crime committed against our Yazidi brothers and sisters represents one of the most heinous crimes witnessed in contemporary history, due to the grave violations it entailed against human dignity and the rules of international law. On August 3, 2014, following the occupation of the city of Mosul on June 10 of the same year, the terrorist ISIS gangs committed the crime of genocide against the Yazidi component in the Sinjar district, targeting their religious, human, and cultural existence.<\/span><\/p>\n

These gangs perpetrated the most horrific forms of violence, committing mass killings, persecution on the basis of religious affiliation, the abduction and enslavement of women, the forcible transfer of children, the displacement of thousands of families, as well as the destruction of homes, places of worship, and religious and cultural landmarks, in an attempt to erase the identity of this authentic component and eliminate its existence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Legal Classification of the Crime<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The crimes committed against the Yazidis constitute a clear example of the crime of genocide under international law. The term “Genocide” is derived from two roots: “Genos,” meaning race or group, and “Cide,” meaning killing, thus signifying “the killing of a human group because of its belonging.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The United Nations General Assembly recognized genocide as an independent crime in 1946, and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948 established the legal framework for this crime. More than 150 states have acceded to it, and its provisions have become part of the rules of customary international law, binding on all states, whether or not they have ratified it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted in 1998 and entered into force in 2002, stipulates in Article 6 that genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, including:<\/span><\/p>\n