A/HRC/34/21 elements. Although the issues of ethnicity and religion are deeply politicized, systematic discrimination against a particular group was not documented as part of the ongoing conflict. On 23 July 2016, discriminatory intent based upon religion was clearly a motive when Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (also known as ISIL or Da’esh) – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for a suicide attack. The attack, which occurred in Kabul, during a peaceful demonstration by persons of Hazara background, nearly all of whom are members of the Shia Muslim minority, killed 85 and injured more than 400. Reports on the protection of civilians in Afghanistan in 2016 also documented ongoing abductions of Hazara civilians by anti-government elements. Although in many cases members of the Hazara community were specifically targeted, discriminatory intent based upon ethnicity or religion was not documented among the motives. UNAMA continues to facilitate ongoing dialogue between Hazara leaders and the Government of Afghanistan on this issue. 9. In June 2016, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic issued a report on the crimes committed by ISIL against the Yazidis. In its report, the Commission concluded that ISIL had committed and continued to commit the crime of genocide against the Yazidis, as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes. ISIL had sought to destroy the Yazidis through killings, sexual slavery, enslavement, torture and inhuman and degrading treatment, as well as forcible transfer causing serious bodily and mental harm. ISIL had pursued those objectives by subjecting Yazidis to conditions that lead to slow death; by imposing measures to prevent the birth of Yazidi children, including by forcing adults to convert, separating Yazidi men and women and causing mental trauma; and by removing Yazidi children from their own families and placing them with ISIL fighters, thereby cutting them off from the beliefs and practices of their own religious community and erasing their identity as Yazidis. The public statements and conduct of ISIL and its fighters clearly demonstrated that ISIL intended to destroy in whole or in part the Yazidis of Sinjar, who account for the majority of the world’s Yazidi population. 10. The Human Rights Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and OHCHR, for their part, have monitored the situation of the Yazidis documenting their experiences since the attack on Sinjar by ISIL in August 2014. The August 2016 report entitled “A call for accountability and protection: Yezidi survivors of atrocities committed by ISIL”, produced by the Human Rights Office of UNAMI and OHCHR, supported the conclusion that those crimes had been committed in a systematic and widespread manner, targeting and seeking to destroy the Yazidi group, in whole or in part. It was noted in the report that many of the crimes committed by ISIL may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and, possibly, genocide. The Government of Iraq was called on to take all actions necessary and make every effort, in strict compliance with applicable international humanitarian law and international human rights law, to put an end to human rights abuses perpetrated by ISIL and protect civilians from the effects of such abuses. Iraq was also urged to ensure that all allegations of serious abuses and crimes committed by ISIL members, as well as their superiors, were investigated promptly, independently, impartially and thoroughly, and that those responsible were brought to account. 11. Moreover, in the context of a joint project of the Human Rights Office and the Office for Political Affairs, both of UNAMI, the Human Rights Office has been working on a draft law on the rights of minorities with a view to ensuring compliance with international standards and coordinating advocacy efforts with civil society organizations. In addition, the Office is planning a follow-up meeting to the round table held in 2015, with a specially established committee tasked with developing recommendations for a national action plan to protect the ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural rights of minorities in Iraq. The aim of the meeting, which will involve the participation of representatives of minority groups, is 4