On Wednesday 10th April 2024, the German authorities arrested two alleged members of ISIS, on suspicion of genocide and crimes against humanity for enslaving two Yazidi girls. The crimes allegedly carried out against these two young girls by the pair were horrifying. No little girl should ever be taken from her family and physically and sexually abused. No perpetrator should be allowed to go unpunished for these actions.
Read MoreSouth of Sinjar Mountain, the small village of Wardiya is in the midst of a remarkable renewal.
Read MoreNadia engages in a conversation on the fight for justice for Yazidi women with the Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art.
Read MoreNadia Murad met recently with the U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. As the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide approaches, the pair discussed the importance of holding the perpetrators to account. Nadia highlighted the need for justice, not just for the Yazidi victims and survivors of ISIS atrocities, but for all victims of conflict-related sexual violence.
Read MoreTIME named Nadia's Initiative Founder and President, Nadia Murad as one of its 2024 Women of the Year. The list recognizes extraordinary leaders fighting for a more equal world. In her interview with the magazine, Nadia spoke of her desire for justice and, "an end to the systematic use of violence against women and girls.”
Read MoreAs the remains of 41 additional victims of the 2014 Yazidi genocide are returned to their families to be laid to rest in Sinjar, we call on the Iraqi government to create a team of professionals dedicated specifically to the exhumation of mass graves in Sinjar, and to do so expeditiously.
Read MoreA year ago this week, the German parliament made an important decision by officially recognizing the Yazidi genocide at the hands of ISIS in 2014. That decision gave renewed hope to Yazidis across the world, especially the Yazidi diaspora in Germany. Many Yazidis, especially survivors of genocide and sexual violence, hoped that this decision would mean more sympathy and support for the Yazidi community. However, in the months since this decision was taken, the federal government of Germany and some local governments have refused asylum applications for thousands of Yazidis living in Germany and forcibly deported tens of Yazidis from Germany to Iraq.
Read MoreAs a survivor of conflict-related sexual violence and genocide I am overwhelmed and saddened by the severity of conflict we have witnessed across the world this year. Nearly a quarter of the world’s population resides in areas torn apart with conflict and thousands of children (1 in every 6) are exposed to conflict. This is a staggering number and completely unacceptable by any standard.
Read MoreWatch to learn more about what Nadia’s Initiative has been working on this year in Sinjar.
Read MoreAppearing on CNN'S GPS with Fareed Zakaria, Nadia Murad, and her counsel Amal Clooney, outlined the civil case they have filed against conglomerate Lafarge.
Read MoreHundreds of Yazidi-Americans today filed a lawsuit against French conglomerate Lafarge S.A. for conspiring to provide material support to a campaign of terrorism conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (“ISIS”) against the Yazidi population. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Eastern District of New York under the civil provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act, seeks to hold Lafarge accountable for its admitted criminal conspiracy with ISIS and to obtain justice for the Yazidi people. Barrister Amal Clooney filed the lawsuit, and Nobel Prize winner and human rights activist Nadia Murad is the lead plaintiff in the case.
Read MoreIn late November Nadia made her first trip to Eastern Europe, visiting Hungary and Romania. In both countries she was invited to receive an honorary degree in recognition of her advocacy work.
Read MoreLast month, Nadia Murad spoke at the Inauguration of the Yazidi Genocide Memorial in Solagh, Sinjar. The memorial was built by Nadia’s Initiative in partnership with the International Organization for Migration in Iraq and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, to remember the 2014 genocide.
Read MoreNadia Murad met on Thursday with His Excellency Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region, Iraq (KRI). They discussed the topic of rescuing missing Yazidi women and children who are still in ISIS captivity throughout the region.
Read MoreNadia's Initiative ist tief besorgt über die jüngsten Abschiebungen von Jesiden aus Deutschland. Die Bundesregierung hat den 2014 vom IS durchgeführten Genozid an den Jesiden im Irak offiziell anerkannt. Dass jetzt ihre Entscheidung erfolgt, Flüchtlinge und Asylsuchende abzuschieben, ist daher besonders erschütternd. Wir fordern die deutsche Regierung auf, die Abschiebung von Jesiden unverzüglich zu stoppen und denjenigen, die im Land Zuflucht suchen, Asyl zu gewähren.
Read MoreNadia Murad opens Yazidi Genocide Memorial and implores Iraqi government to do more to help her community.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative (NI) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have recently completed the “Yazidi Genocide Memorial,” a monument to those who suffered and died at the hands of ISIS during the genocide, and a place of remembrance and healing for those families who were never reunited with their loved ones.
Read MoreThe doors at Sinuni General Hospital are open and the doctors and nurses are able to offer life-saving healthcare for over 70,000 people in the region.
Read MoreOn 15 September 2023, at the request of the Government of Iraq, the UN Security Council took a step backwards in the pursuit for justice for ISIS by adopting resolution 2697 (2023). The resolution ends the mandate of United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL (UNITAD) in one year, on 17 September 2024. It also requests a report from the UN Secretary-General in January and a road-map for termination from UNITAD in March 2024.
Read MoreNadia Murad and Amal Clooney issue joint press statement on renewal of UNITAD mandate.
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