“It's essential that voices and experiences of victims of Da'esh are listened' - Head of UNITAD

The Head of the UN team tasked with investigating crimes committed by the Da’esh / ISIL terrorist network (UNITAD), Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, today (26 Nov) told the Security Council that it is “essential” that the voices and experiences of victims “are listened to as we conduct our investigations to build credible cases to ensure accountability.”

Ahmad Khan said all communities, “whether Shabak, Kaka’i, Shia, Sunni, Christian, Turkmen, or Yezidi, have suffered unbelievable brutality and cruelty of the most un-Islamic state, called Da’esh.

He told the Council that One year following its arrival in Iraq, the investigative team is now
fully operational, with a total of 107 staff members.

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