UNITAD Visit to Sharya and Qadiya IDP Camps in Dohuk

Baghdad, Iraq, 19 November 2019. During his visit to Sharya and Qadiya IDP Camps in the Dohuk governorate, Special Adviser Karim Khan QC expressed solidarity with Da’esh’s victims, survivors, and the families of those who remain missing. “The suffering you have endured from the crimes and scale of brutality Da’esh members committed against you exceeds what any person should ever endure over the span of several lifetimes”, Mr. Khan stated. He assured them that the Investigative Team remains steadfast in carrying out its mandate to collect, preserve and store evidence in line with international standards so that Da’esh perpetrators are held accountable for the crimes they committed in Iraq. The Special Adviser highlighted that the investigative procedures of the Team safeguard the confidential process of engaging with witnesses and provides them with psychosocial support. “There is no hierarchy of victims, all Iraqis suffered at the hands of Da’esh”, Mr. Khan said, reaffirming the impartial, independent and neutral status of UNITAD.