Almost a decade following the ISIS-perpetrated genocide against them, the Yazidi community faces considerable challenges in seeking justice. On January 29, USIP and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide hosted a discussion on the current challenges facing the Yazidi community and possible ways to strengthen their ability to recover from genocide.
Lise Grande, welcoming remarks
President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace
Victoria Taylor, keynote remarks
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq and Iran, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Haider Elias
President, Yazda Global Organization
Sarhang Hamasaeed
Director, Middle East Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace
Pari Ibrahim
Founder and Executive Director, Free Yezidi Foundation
Ambassador Beth Van Schaack
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of State
Naomi Kikoler, moderator
Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/nobodys-listening-supporting-yazidi-community-10-years-after-genocide
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