Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

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2. Expresses its view that the persecution, atrocities and international crimes amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity; stresses that the so-called ‘ISIS/Daesh’ is committing genocide against Christians and Yazidis, and other religious and ethnic minorities, who do not agree with the so-called ‘ISIS/Daesh’ interpretation of Islam, and that this therefore entails action under the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; underlines the fact that those who intentionally, for et ...[+++]hnic or religious reasons, conspire in, plan, incite, commit or attempt to commit, are complicit in or support atrocities should be brought to justice and prosecuted for violations of international law, notably war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide;

5. Urges each of the Contracting Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, of 1948, and to other international agreements for the prevention and punishment of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, and in particular the competent authorities of countries – and their nationals – which are in any way supporting, cooperating in or funding, or are complicit in, these crimes, to wholly fulfil their legal obligations under the convention and such other international agreem ...[+++]ents;

3. Urges each of the Contracting Parties to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, signed at Paris on 9 December 1948, and to other relevant international agreements, in particular the EU Member States, to prevent war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide within their territory; urges Syria and Iraq to accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court;

7. Is firmly convinced that there is no doubt that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIS/Daesh fall within the legal definition of genocide provided in Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; stresses that genocide amounts to any act committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group; underlines that the destruction of only part of a group on the basis of their nationality, ethnic group or religion also amounts to genocide; further emphasises that according to those legal pro ...[+++]visions acts of genocide do not necessarily need to cause the death of member of a group, as causing serious bodily or mental harm including inflicting trauma, torture, rape, sexual violence and mutilation, as well as the transfer of children, are also to be considered acts of genocide when committed as part of a policy to destroy a group’s existence; finally underlines that mere conspiracy, direct and public incitement, attempts to commit genocide and complicity with genocide are also tantamount to the crime of genocide even before mass murders have begun;