Nearly twelve years after Daesh’s genocide against the Yazidis, justice for Yazidi women and girls remains incomplete, especially following the closure of UNITAD despite its progress in documenting crimes. The event brings together policymakers and experts to explore legal pathways, strengthen accountability efforts, and identify concrete international actions to advance prosecutions and reparations. Speakers include: Baroness Hodgson, UK House of Lords, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security Mediha Alhamad, survivor of the Yazidi genocide, human rights advocate Natia Navrouzov, Yazda, Executive Director Leila Ghahhary, Yazda, Legal Representative Dr Ewelina Ochab, IBAHRI, Senior Lawyer, CGR, founder The session will be introduced by Professor Debórah Dwork, the Director of the Centre for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity. Organised by Yazda | IBAHRI | Coalition for Genocide Response | BGIPU | GCR2P Hosted by CUNY’s Centre for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity
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