UN Commission of Inquiry and Genocide Convention

Olivia Ward: On Thursday, a report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said that Daesh — also known as ISIS and ISIL — is seeking to destroy the Yazidis in multiple ways, as envisaged by the 1948 Genocide Convention, according to Toronto Star. It left no doubt that the atrocities perpetrated against thousands of Yazidi women, children and men since the group invaded Iraq Sinjar region in August 2014, belonged in the worst category of crimes in human history. By Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter Thu., June 16, 2016 The conclusion is stark and damning: ISIS has committed, and continues to commit, the crime of genocide, as well as multiple crimes against humanity and war crimes, against the Yazidis. The report came two days after a Tory-sponsored parliamentary motion to declare the assault on the Yazidis and other minorities genocide was defeated by Liberal MPs. And he insisted that Canada is taking the lead in rescuing the beleaguered minority, who have been persecuted for centuries in the Middle East as devil worshippers. Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion, who opposed it, said Thursday that the government is now convinced that Daesh is conducting genocide against the Yazidis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.