FYF hosts virtual panels to mark Yezidi Genocide
FYF hosted four virtual panels to commemorate the Yezidi Genocide. These panels included Yezidi and international experts as well as representatives from governments, United Nations, and non-governmental organizations.
“In most genocides, there is some story of ‘we did not know it was happening.’ But with ISIS, it was happening in plain sight. When [European ISIS members] do return, we should not prosecute them for smaller crimes, but we should prosecute them for complicity in genocide.”
– Netherlands Member of Parliament Pieter Omtzigt
“When I speak as a prosecutor about holding ISIS perpetrators accountable for atrocious crimes against Yezidis, I have to say that there is still a lot to be done, and that the process of bringing ISIS to justice has just started.”
– German federal prosecutor Anna Zabeck
“I call upon the Government of Iraq to use a whole-of-government approach to support the Directorate for Survivors’ Affairs created by the Yezidi Survivors’ Law to deliver on each of the benefits promised by the law.”
– United Nations SRSG Pramila Patten
“The Sinjar Agreement lacked extensive consultation with the local population…it cannot be implemented effectively nor improve the lives of Sinjar’s residents if it does not receive buy-in from the local community…the US Government has heard this loud and clear from the Yezidi community.”
– US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Jen Gavito
The full recorded discussion can be viewed on FYF’s Website. Click here to watch.
