Demands to activate the law of survivors and work to return the Yazidis to their homes

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[size=52]Demands to activate the law of survivors and work to return the Yazidis to their homes[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Blessed Majeed[/size]
[size=45]Former MP, Saeb Khader, called for the activation of the Survivors Law, on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide.[/size]
[size=45]In an interview with Al-Mada, Al-Khidr said that "governmental and international interest in the Yazidi case file is not at the level it was previously," noting that "it is not hidden from anyone that there is sympathy from the government side, but not at the level and seriousness required to solve the issue."[/size]
[size=45]He added, "Sinjar and the Yazidi regions suffer from many problems, at the security, service and administrative levels, despite the allocation of a good budget to Nineveh Governorate, in the emergency support law, but we have not seen a real result of investing it in our regions," noting that "minority areas are still in Sinjar." The Nineveh Plain is subjected to continuous bombardment from the Turkish side, and the victims of this bombing have caused human and material losses.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the extent of the impact of this bombing, Al-Khadr called for the necessity of removing minority areas from international, regional and even local conflicts, and reconstructing them and providing the necessary services in them, in addition to providing equal job opportunities for minorities and involving them in administrative positions, whether within the local government, or in the rest of the state’s joints.[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "The government should support the Directorate of Survivors, and facilitate the procedures of the compensation committee in Sinjar, from which the Yazidis did not receive any compensation, due to the complex procedures and the influence of some political parties from the province."[/size]
[size=45]With regard to the file of the kidnapped women, he said that it "requires the government to work hard to search for the kidnapped women, of whom there are still 2,500 Yezidis whose fate is unknown."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Khadr explained that, "in the fourth parliamentary session, we legislated the Survivors' Law, which is considered supportive and advanced, as it recognizes the Yazidi genocide, supports the victims and gives rights to the survivors, in addition to the fact that the law deals with the file of mass graves and abductees."[/size]
[size=45]The former MP concluded by saying that "the government should provide full support in implementing this law properly due to the importance of the texts contained in it."[/size]
[size=45]And the United Nations announced last Thursday that more than 200,000 survivors of the massacres committed by ISIS against the Yazidis eight years ago are still displaced across Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]The International Organization for Migration pointed out in a statement that the needs of the displaced, some of whom live in camps, are still high.[/size]
[size=45]In August 2014, the terrorist organization ISIS invaded Mount Sinjar in the north of Nineveh Governorate, where the majority of the Yazidi component lives.[/size]
[size=45]The people of this component were subjected to murder and persecution at the hands of the terrorist organization during its control of the region between 2014 and 2017. The terrorists of the organization killed thousands of Yazidis, enslaved their women and recruited their children.[/size]
[size=45]The lack of adequate housing and basic services such as water, electricity, health care and education is hampering the return of the displaced to Sinjar.[/size]
[size=45]This forces families to focus on meeting their basic needs rather than rebuilding their lives, the International Organization for Migration said.[/size]
[size=45]According to the United Nations organization, ISIS has destroyed about 80% of the public infrastructure and 70% of civilian homes in and around Sinjar city, in addition to the natural resources in the area, destroyed irrigation channels and wells, and stole or destroyed agricultural equipment and agricultural land.[/size]
[size=45]A United Nations special investigation team announced in May 2021 that it had obtained "clear and convincing evidence" that terrorists committed genocide against the Yazidis.[/size]
[size=45]More than 2,700 people are still missing, including people detained by the terrorist organization ISIS, according to the International Organization for Migration.[/size]
[size=45]"The scale of the atrocities committed against the Yazidi community will affect future generations," said Sandra Orlovic, an official of the International Organization for Migration in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]And she stressed in a statement that "the Iraqi government and the international community must create conditions that guarantee the Yazidis that these atrocities will not be repeated and help them rebuild (...) their lives," stressing that "acts of violence impede the return of displaced families.[/size]
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