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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11691

17 December 2016
EXTERNAL ACTION / Iraq
European Parliament calls on international community to bring Daesh before ICC
Brussels, 16/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 15 December, the European Parliament urged the international community, in particular the United Nations Security Council, to consider the mass graves that have been reported in Iraq as new proof of genocide, and to bring Daesh before the International Criminal Court (ICC).  According to Human Rights Watch, at least 300 police officers are reported to have been executed in Mosul by Daesh in mid-November, and their bodies thrown into a mass grave.

In the resolution from the ECR,...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
NEWS BRIEFS
CALENDAR