The Yazidi Genocide: Justice beyond the judiciary process

There was an unprecedented energy during the commemoration events marking five years into the Yazidi genocide on Thursday in Baghdad.The energy blended reconciliation with rebuilding Sinjar. Matters of security and human dignity were pushed to the top of the agendas of the international community, present through the United Nations multiple agencies and the diplomatic corps. The priorities of some Iraqi political and religious leaders, for the first time, stood coherent, eloquent and hardened by how dangerously their nation has broken down because of Daesh.For the last year and a half, my Yazidi friends in Yazda have been calling out the international courts of law for failing the Yazidi people. They have been insisting on a holistic humane response to theproblematic situation of Sinjar. And they have been unapologetically demanding action, action, action.Something has shifted in Baghdad. This commemoration marking a genocide that is not five years behind us, but rather five years still ongoing, has made a significant mark. We all felt it. The pulse is strong. The baseline of human understanding feels...