Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 14th Nov. UN migration agency in Iraq on Monday has hailed a new memorial in Sinjar province at a site where scores of Yazidi women were killed by terror group ISIL in 2014 as a “first step towards recovery”.
It was built at the request of survivors by Nadia’s Initiative an organization by survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad, with IOM the memorial pays homage to the resilience and courage of the Yazidis.
Over 3,000 were executed and buried in mass graves by ISIL, Daesh, in what the UN has declared a genocide.
Murad own mother was killed at the site, had donated part of her prize to purchase the land that the memorial stands on.
IOM’s chief of mission in Iraq, Giorgi Gigauri, said that a crucial part of the recovery process was timely individual reparations and other transitional justice measures as outlined in the “Yazidi Survivors Law” adopted by the Iraqi parliament in 2021.
The UN agency worked closely with the Iraqi authorities to develop the law and supporting the application process for reparations.
Over 1,140 applications have been processed and nearly 900 verified survivors have begun receiving monthly salaries under the legislation.
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