Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 900395

Yazidis: Genocide

Tabled: 5 September 2024
Answered: 12 September 2024
Named Day

Question

Ms Julie Minns

LabourCarlisle

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to help ensure the perpetrators of genocide and other crimes against Yazidis in 2014 are (a) investigated and (b) prosecuted.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
The UK acknowledges acts of genocide were committed by Da'esh against Yazidis. The UK played a leading role in establishing the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL (UNITAD). UNITAD has collated and processed...

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