"They came to destroy": ISIS Crimes Against the Yazidis

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UN Human Rights Council
Date:
15 June 2016

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Title

"They came to destroy": ISIS Crimes Against the Yazidis

Document source

UN Human Rights Council

Date

15 June 2016

Document number

A/HRC/32/CRP.2

Document type

Country Reports

Additional document information

32nd Session

Collection

Research & Reports

Country

Iraq

Syrian Arab Republic (the)

Keywords

Extrajudicial executions

Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment

Genocide

Religious persecution (including forced conversion)

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)

Terrorism

Religious groups

Yazīdī

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