This event is co-sponsored by the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED), the Institute for International Law and Human Rights, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, No Peace Without Justice, and Minority Rights Group International.

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015
Time: 9:00 am — 10:30 am
Location: The Conference Center at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
We are pleased to invite you to attend a public panel in conjunction with the release of a new report, Between the Millstones: The State of Iraq’s Minorities Since the Fall of Mosul. This report, jointly produced by the Institute for International Law and Human Rights, Minority Rights Group International, No Peace Without Justice, and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, offers a detailed account of the humanitarian crises and abuses suffered by Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities, women, and children since June 2014. It also provides an analysis of these atrocities within an international legal framework, as well as recommendations to various communities and stakeholders.

This discussion will focus on several key questions: What abuses have been committed in Iraq since June 2014, and what is the current status of affected minorities? What international conventions are applicable to human rights abuses committed in Iraq, and how can they be used to bring justice to perpetrators of violence in Iraq? What actions can international human rights and humanitarian organizations take to ameliorate the conditions in which Iraq’s minorities currently find themselves? And how can the international community work to prevent future abuses in Iraq?

Join us for a discussion with:

Johanna Green
Program Manager, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

Sarhang Hamasaeed
Senior Program Officer, U.S. Institute of Peace

William Spencer
Executive Director, Institute for International Law and Human Rights

Copies of the report will be available at the event. Electronic copies are available here.