‘Calling ISIL Atrocities Against the Yezidis by Their Rightful Name’: Do They Constitute the Crime of Genocide?

ABSTRACT In March 2016, both the United States House of Representatives and Secretary of State John Kerry designated the alleged crimes committed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against, inter alia, the Yezidis, a small religious minority in Iraq and Syria, as ‘genocide’. This article...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Human rights law review 2017-06, Vol.17 (2), p.261-283
Hauptverfasser:	Dakhil, Vian, Zammit Borda, Aldo, Murray, Alexander R. J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Atrocities Crime GENOCIDE HUMAN RIGHTS Islam ISLAMIC LAW Legislatures MINORITIES Minority groups Religious minorities Secretaries of state
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