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opposed our request to file a
complaint against Israel at the
ICC, because this was going
against America’s wishes.
In this current war too we’ve
asked the PA to file a complaint
against Israeli committed
crimes against humanity, but
they are stalling.”
“We also need experts so that
by using existing openings
in international laws, to be able to prosecute Israel.” He continued on.Reiterating that Israel has
committed crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip he said: “the most clear characteristics of these
crimes are the targeting of children, mosques and schools, including attacking UN schools.”
At the sitting was opened to a Q&A session between the experts and the attendants.
Technical Sitting on the Review of the Dimensions of Human Rights Violations
Committed by ISIS
This sitting was held by the ODVV with the attendance of the director and the board of directors
of the ODVV and NGOs and university representatives from Iraq in September 2014.In this sitting
some of the problems that the Iraqi people are faced with such as the grave violation of women and
children’s rights by the ISIS terrorists that are committed in the name of Islam, the high number of
victims (approximately 1 million) in the tensions of the recent years in Iraq after America’s invasion of
the country was reviewed.Stressing that the Iraqi government alone cannot handle the terrorists and
the problems, the Iraqi delegation stressed on the necessity for the cooperation of Iraqi NGOs with
the government, and called for ODVV’s support to assist Iraqi NGOs and the people.
In view of the dire conditions of the victims of the attacks of ISIS that include Christians and Yezidis
who are wandering in the mountains of Iraq and with a stress on the objective of ISIS which is
the tearing apart of Arab countries, and throwing into chaos of the population composites of these
countries and access to oil wells, the necessity for the cooperation of Iraq’s neighbouring countries
and particularly Iran as a regional power for the confrontation with ISIS was stressed. While stressing
on peace and permanent friendship of Iran, the director and board of director members of the ODVV
presented solutions practical recommendations for the cooperation of the ODVV with Iraqi NGOs for
their empowerment in Iraq and also their effective presence in international conferences.
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