International Christian Consulate

The Genocide Issue

Do the acts committed against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East by ISIL and other extremist groups constitute "genocide"?

UN Convention on Genocide
Report on the Protection of Civilians in the Armed Conflict in Iraq : 1 May - 31 Oct 2015
Report of the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Iraq in the light of abuses committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and associated groups
UK Parliament Early day motion on genocide in Syria and Iraq
UK Parliamentarians' letter to David Cameron re. Genocide perpetrated by Daesh/ISIS against minorities
ADF International memo Re: Persecution of Christians: Have We Reached the Threshold of Genocide?

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