Comprehensive documentation against ISIS

The Independent High Commission for Human Rights is preparing to present comprehensive documentation of these crimes to the UN team, which is expected to arrive in Iraq at the beginning of July.

The team was formed pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 2379 (2017), to support the Iraqi government's effort to hold ISIS elements accountable for their actions.

UNSCR 2379 calls for the establishment of an independent investigative team that will collect, preserve and store evidence of acts that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed by ISIS in Iraq.

"An Iraqi team will work alongside the UN team, which includes international investigators," al-Gharawi said.

Iraqi ministries and authorities already have started to select their representatives for the national team, he said, which will comprise investigative judges, forensic experts and specialists in international law.

"The UN team will stay in Iraq for two whole years," he said, where it will work with the Iraqi team to investigate ISIS crimes and gather witness testimonials and criminal evidence.

These will be used to issue convictions and international arrest warrants for perpetrators still on the run in order to prosecute them in international courts.