The law provides compensation for the survivors, as well as measures to
rehabilitate and reintegrate them into society and prevent such crimes in the
future, and makes sure that the Iraqi government will further prosecute and hold
the perpetrators accountable in accordance with Iraqi laws, and will continue its
efforts to find out the fate of the remaining victims of the missing and kidnapped,
in order to bring justice to the victims and hold the perpetrators accountable.
- The Iraqi government provided psychological rehabilitation for women and girls
who were subjected to violations and assaults by the ISIS terrorist groups.
Necessary assistance was also provided to the victims of women and girls who
have been freed from the control of ISIS terrorist groups, as well as children
who have been held captive by ISIS in order to physically and psychologically
recover and integrate into the society.
- The Supreme Judicial Council has decided to form a special judicial body in
Nineveh to investigate the terrorist crimes against Yazidis, to document the
crimes that this group was subjected to, and prevent the accused from going
free.
- The Nationality Law was consulted in order to address issue of the nationality
of the surviving children, and the Yazidi religious authority was given
responsibility over Yazidi religious affairs.
- In March 2018, the people of Nineveh Plains signed the document of peaceful
coexistence. The document emphasizes national unity and the beginning of
reconstruction as well as cleansing of souls. It provides for “criminalizing
sectarianism and racism, rejecting the use of violence by ISIS, discarding hatred
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