Mediha – A Yazidi Survivor Fighting For A New Life After Enslavement
Joint NGO Fact Sheet on Justice and Accountability for the Universal Periodic Review of Ethiopia
Message from Lord Alton for the Third Anniversary of the Fall of Kabul
Online Event – International Day Commemorating Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
Register in advance:
https://ibanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PT-oXuOUT3ChDnWEgxDwLg
Message from our patron Lord Alton of Liverpool for the 10th Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide
CGR Joins The UPR Submission on Iraq
The Coalition for Genocide Response joined the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Free Yezidi Foundation, Yazda and the Sinjar Academy in a submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Iraq. The UPR is a unique mechanism of the Human Rights Council that calls for each UN Member State to undergo a peer review of its human rights records every 4.5 years. Iraq is due to have its 4th review in January 2025.
Marking The 10th Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide
On 22 and 23 July 2024, the Coalition for Genocide Response will co-host two sessions in the UK Parliament to mark the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide.
The sessions, co-hosted with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union, are to commemorate victims and survivors of the atrocities perpetrated by Daesh and emphasise the ongoing need to address the crimes with comprehensive responses.
Speakers include Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws LT KC, Brendan O’Hara MP, Hewan Omer (Free Yezidi Foundation), Ahmed Khudida (Yazda), Alex Crawford OBE (Sky News), Dr Ewelina Ochab, among others.
On 22 July 2024, the session is hosted in the Lord Speaker’s House. The event is by invitation only.
On 23 July 2024, the session is hosted in the IPU Room. In-person and online participation are accommodated.
Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill To Have Committee Stage (House of Lords)
On 29 April 2024, the Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill, a Private Members’ Bill introduced by our patron Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws LT KC, will have its committee stage before the House of Lords.
The committee stage is where a detailed examination of the Bill takes place.
Read more about the bill here:
Breaches of the Genocide Convention in Darfur, Sudan
One year after the devastating war in Sudan began, the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights (RWCHR) released the world’s first inquiry into breaches of the Genocide Convention in Darfur, Sudan, to hold the chief perpetrators to account. Our co-founder Dr Ewelina Ochab contributed to the review process and endorsed the report.
The report can be read here:
Lord Alton’s Genocide Determination Bill – Call It Genocide
On 15 April 2024, some of the world’s leading international lawyers and cross-party UK parliamentarians sent a public letter to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary David Cameron, urging them to support the Genocide Determination Bill that is currently under discussion in the House of Lords.
The Genocide Determination Bill is a private members’ bill introduced in the House of Lords by our patron Lord Alton of Liverpool. The bill was first introduced in 2015. The Genocide Amendment to the Trade Bill in 2020/21 was based on the previous drafts of the Genocide Determination Bill.
The letter can be found here:
A briefing on the bill can be found here: