'Justice necessary': Yazidi survivors deliver harrowing genocide testimony amid int'l indifference

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Clémence Bectarte, a lawyer at the Paris Bar, specializing in international criminal law and international human rights law. She speaks from a position shaped her direct involvement, working with survivors of the Yazidi genocide, whose experiences reveal both the depth of the brutal systematic violence and the enduring…

Key takeaways

Quick scan — what you need to know:

• Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Clémence Bectarte, a lawyer at the Paris Bar, specializing in international criminal law and international human rights law.
• She speaks from a position shaped her direct involvement, working with survivors of the Yazidi genocide, whose experiences reveal both the depth of the brutal systematic violence and the enduring…
• The testimonies presented in this case are not only legal evidence, but acts of resistance against erasure of a people.

Background

What led here, in plain terms:

• She speaks from a position shaped her direct involvement, working with survivors of the Yazidi genocide, whose experiences reveal both the depth of the brutal systematic violence and the enduring…
• The testimonies presented in this case are not only legal evidence, but acts of resistance against erasure of a people.

Why it matters

Why readers and decision-makers should care:

• The testimonies presented in this case are not only legal evidence, but acts of resistance against erasure of a people.
• Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Clémence Bectarte, a lawyer at the Paris Bar, specializing in international criminal law and international human rights law.
• She speaks from a position shaped her direct involvement, working with survivors of the Yazidi genocide, whose experiences reveal both the depth of the brutal systematic violence and the enduring…