UN Mulls Emergency Mission to Iraq to Investigate ISIS ‘War Crimes’

The UN is currently considering an investigative mission to Iraq to delve into the facts surrounding accounts of war crimes in Iraq committed by the radical Islamic militant group, ISIS.  The human rights council of the UN held a ‘special session’ over alleged rights abuses and violations of humanitarian law by Islamic militants. Diplomats from the 47  member countries which comprise the UN are set to construct a draft resolution “strongly condemning the the alleged systematic violations and abuses of human rights ” resulting from the acts of  terrorism committed by ISIS and associated groups.The crimes against humanity include mass murder, torture, amputations, enforced disappearance, forcible displacement, and training children in military camps.

There are accusations that the organization is systematically engaged in mass killings, particularly based on ethnic and religious minorities.The militants, who spawned from Syria, have launched major offensives inside Iraq and have seized Sunni swathes of land, declaring the areas a caliphate in the region. ISIS poses an immediate threat to Iraq and is becoming more of threat internationally due to a number of it’s members coming from elsewhere to fight in the jihad.  The investigators would be required to give an update to the human rights council at the regular session, commencing next week. A full report will be ready earlier next year, afterwhich the organization will likely be implored to attend a tribunal at the International Crimina.Get the latest news on iFreePress Everyday.