{"id":1807,"date":"2021-12-03T16:03:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T20:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ielrblog.com\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2021-12-07T13:43:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:43:38","slug":"german-court-convicts-isil-member-for-yazidi-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ielrblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/03\/german-court-convicts-isil-member-for-yazidi-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"German Court Convicts ISIL Member for Yazidi Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 30, 2021, a German court convicted an Islamic State member for war crimes and crimes against humanity for his involvement in the Yazidi genocide, and more particularly, for his killing of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl who he purchased as a \u201cslave.\u201d<\/p>\n

The German court sentenced Taha Al-J. to life imprisonment and was ordered to pay 50,000 euros or $57,000 to the girl\u2019s mother. Taha Al-J\u2019s wife was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison for her involvement in the girl\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

The Crime and the Arrest<\/em><\/p>\n

The trial<\/a> revealed some grim details of the events that led to the 5-year old\u2019s death. According to prosecutors, in 2015, Al-J. purchased a Yazidi woman and her daughter as \u201cslaves\u201d from an IS base in Syria. In 2014, the mother and daughter were forcibly taken from northern Iraq, and the IS group had \u201csold and resold\u201d the mother and daughter several times.<\/p>\n

The indictment also revealed that after Al-J purchased the mother and daughter, he took them to his home in Fallujah, a city in Iraq, and forced them to do housework and to abide by strict Islamic rules, all while torturing them and depriving them of basic needs.<\/p>\n

Then allegedly, in 2015, the girl wet the bed, and as punishment, he chained her outside in blazing hot weather without water or protection from the sun. The punishment inevitably led to the girl\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

The girl\u2019s mother lives in Germany and has testified on five different occasions in Germany. She is currently under a witness protection program.<\/p>\n

The case is just one of many acts of genocide taken against the Yazidi ethnic minority group that resides predominately in northern Iraq. During the Islamic States\u2019 reign<\/a>, they killed thousands of Yazidis and kidnapped and forced into slavery women and children.<\/p>\n

ISIS believes the Yazidis are devil worshippers and opposes their ethnic belief for that reason.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>In May 2019, the defendant was arrested<\/a> in Athens on a European arrest warrant and was extradited to Germany per the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows courts to adjudicate \u00a0crimes committed in another jurisdiction regardless of a link between prosecuting country and where the crime took place.<\/p>\n

Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney stated<\/a> that she was \u201cgrateful to Germany for defending the principle of universal jurisdiction, which means that crimes like this must be prosecuted wherever and whenever they occur.\u201d<\/p>\n

Analysis <\/em><\/p>\n

As the German court demonstrates, the principle of universal jurisdiction can be a possible option for countries to hold ISIS accountable for their involvement in the Yazidi genocide and other crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n

This case also demonstrates the important role of witness protection programs in aiding in investigations related to crimes against humanity and war crimes. They are crucial to the success of these investigations as well as bring accountability to the harmed.<\/p>\n

The German case also show \u00a0that, even though the United Nations and other international organizations have not prosecuted genocide and crimes against humanity in Syria, national governments and courts can hold perpetrators accountable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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