(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) on Monday called upon the UN to move fast to prevent more atrocities against minorities in Iraq.
The FIDH, which comprises 164 human rights organizations throughout the world, urged the UNSC in a press statement to take rapid action to protect the Yazidis community in Nothern Iraq from further abuses by the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) and affiliated terrorist groups, and to prevent further advancement of the so-called "Islamic State" into Iraq, but also into other neighbouring countries such as Syria and Lebanon. The UNSC issued on August 11, 2014, a unanimous declaration condemning oppression against minorities in Iraq and warned that such actions could constitute a "crime against humanity." "The international community and the Iraqi Government must act now to protect those populations from further barbaric acts! Immediate measures are needed to ensure the effective protection of the civilian population and provide humanitarian assistance to all displaced persons," declared Karim Lahidji, FIDH President.
Despite extreme difficulties for human rights organizations to work in Iraq, the international community now has significant information to follow up on reports from different UN mechanisms and adopt a strong resolution in the Human Rights Council," added Lahidji.
FIDH noted that the resolution should call on the Office of the High Commissioner to conduct a comprehensive investigation and look into alleged violations and abuses of human rights and crimes committed, including extrajudicial killings, torture and ill-treatment, rapes and sexual violence and slavery.
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