Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party), on Thursday, 9 December 2021, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 17 members in total.

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Formal Government recognition of the Daesh atrocities against Yazidis, Christians and other persecuted minorities as genocide

That in April 2016 this House recognised the Daesh atrocities against religious minorities, Yazidis, Christians, and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria as genocide under Article II of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; notes the UK Government's long standing policy that genocide determination is a matter of competent courts, including domestic criminal courts; and notes the German criminal court's verdict of 30th November 2021 finding a Daesh fighter guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity; and calls on the Government to formally recognise the Daesh atrocities against Yazidis, Christians and other religious minorities as genocide and take further steps to ensure justice, including by leading efforts to establish an international mechanism to prosecute the perpetrators.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

761 

Session

2021-22

Other sponsors

Hywel Williams

Kirsten Oswald

Liz Saville Roberts

Wera Hobhouse

Ben Lake

Subjects

Crimes against the person Iraq Genocide Minority groups Religion Syria Islamic State

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk