Statement by Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to the Security Council on Iraq -- DisplayNews
“The crimes committed in Iraq are of such scale and gravity that in
all likelihood they qualify as international crimes, subject to the
jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court,” says UN Human Rights
Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein at the UN Security Council: http://sm.ohchr.org/11i5OJT
“The takfiri movement ISIL is gripped and driven by a distinct ideology
and it will destroy all that exists which is contrary to what it
believes should exist,” he says.
Referring to a letter
written by 126 Muslim scholars, UN Human Rights Chief Zeid deplores
that it did not receive the worldwide attention it deserved. He called
it a concerted effort to strip ISIL, point by point, of its argument and
a promising approach to undermine the takfiri movement.
“I implore
the Council to support efforts to overturn ISIL's ideology of violence
and death, for the sake of the rights of all in Iraq, irrespective of
ethnic or religious identity, whether men or women, old or young,”
concludes Zeid.
