On February 15, 2022, Yazidi survivor, Ms. Salwa Saido Omar, sent powerful messages at the virtual UNITAD-NGO Dialogue Forum:
Yazidi Survivors Law, if properly implemented, can help us secure livelihoods and services, but only Accountability can give us peace of mind. I hope therefore that evidence collected by UNITAD will be put To proper use.
While it is a blessing to see that German court found that what happened to Yazidis amounts to Genocide, I would like to see a court in Iraq arrive at the same conclusion.
Reparations Beyond Borders: Perspectives of Yazidi Survivors Law Beneficiaries in the Diaspora
As more Yazidi Survivors Law (YSL) beneficiaries live outside Iraq, C4JR examined how survivors in Germany, Australia, and Canada experience the YSL application process and access compensation and other reparative measures from abroad.The findings show that while the...
