It is undeniable that the effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) faces
challenges from different quarters. To address these, humanitarian organizations have, in …

Background: Traumatic experiences can lead to a range of mental health problems such as
depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. The prevalence of post-traumatic …

Well-publicized genocidal actions, combined with ferocious iconoclastic attacks on cultural
heritage, characterize the violent expansion of the caliphate of Da'esh, also known as the …

This chapter reframes refugee experiences in terms of human rights violations in order to
situate the responsibility for change within the spheres of states and societies rather than on …

This article examines the human rights of minorities (huquq al-aqalliyyah) in the context of
the Iraqi region. In the first part of the study, the general course of Iraqi political history …

Why do ongoing genocides persist despite global condemnation? This paper examines the
challenge of ending ongoing genocides and argues that the persistence of genocides can …

This report complements the RESPOND research (www. respondmigration. com) on
migration and immigrant integration by bringing the focus on a specific case, the trauma …

This chapter traces the experiences of Yezidis in northern Iraq and their position as an
ethnoreligious minority among Iraqis and Kurds. It outlines the reasons for their persecution …

Liminal Minorities addresses the question of why some religious minorities provoke the ire of
majoritarian groups and become targets of organized violence, even though they lack …

Summary The Yazidi minority in Iraq has become the focus of international concern due to
prolonged persecution from ISIS, after this group invaded the Yazidi stronghold of Sinjar in …