Hand in hand with the Yazidi
We are a community of Yazidi working with a diverse group of lawyers, law students and human rights activists, all united by our commitment to justice and protection of human rights. Our aim is to empower and support the Yazidi in their struggle to access justice for the crimes committed by ISIS in 2014.
OUR MISSION
The mission of Yazidi Legal Network is to assist the Yazidis in achieving recognition of and accountability for international crimes committed by ISIS through investigation; documentation; training; capacity building and advocacy.
Core to our work is building bridges between the Yazidi community and domestic and international justice mechanisms.
“I know, life must go on, but it is a process that can only be done if the truth is told and we have justice. But without knowledge, there can be no justice.”
— Yazidi survivor at Bajid Kandela camp, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
OUR PROGRAM AREAS
Building bridges
We build bridges with experts, organisations and state entities to enable the Yazidi community to access justice. We reach out to law and policy makers to promote worldwide recognition of the seriousness of the crimes against the Yazidis and the need for an effective and just global response to those violations.
Documentation, research & analysis
We populate and maintain databases on crimes committed against Yazidis. These databases assist national and international authorities investigate and prosecute crimes against the Yazidis. Our research and open source investigations focus on the context in which crimes were committed and analyse linkage and leadership structures in the communities of perpetrators.
Awareness raising & capacity building
We conduct training in a number of areas, including open source investigations and international criminal law. We run a public program in Dutch and English on a number of different platforms, designed to encourage dialogue and share knowledge about the Yazidi community.
The Crimes against the Yazidi Community
Learn more about the crimes ISIS committed against the Yazidi community by watching this video published by UNITAD
YLN Genocide recognition campaign
As part of our genocide recognition campaign, YLN sent an open letter to a number of Dutch politicians, lobbying to recognise the crimes committed agains the Yazidi community as genocide.
Download the open letter in Dutch and English here
