The Kurdish Genocide - European Parliament
TheKurdish GenocideAchievingJustice throughEURecognition1The KurdishGenocideAchievingJustice throughEURecognitionIntroductionOn28Febr uary2013,aunanimousvotewastakenbeforethe Britishparliament,establishingoverwhelmi ngsupport,toformallyrecognise thatthecrimeofgenocidewascommittedagains tIraqiKurdsbyseniorofficials ofthegovernmentofSaddamHussein,basedonap olicyofextermination asignificant landmark forthevictimsofthegenocide thatareseekingpastatrocitiescommitted ,theCityofPeaceandJustice,TheHaguehasrec entlyapprovedplanstobuildamemorialsiteto commemorate ,whichistheonlystatetohaveofficiallyreco gnised areanimportantandtimelystepforwardforfac ilitatingwiderdebateaswellasmuchneededac tion,torecognisetheatrocitiescommittedby SaddamHussein s regimeagainstIraqiKurds, throughdebateandtoultimately achieveformalrecognition ,followedbyadiscussiononthegeo-political importanceof thisdiscussion,outlining governmentinpublicpronouncementsandinter nalmemorandaforaseriesofmilitarycampaign smountedbyIraq s Ba athArabSocialistParty,whichgraduallyinte nsified overasix-monthperiod, against themostlyKurdish civilianpopulation,withtheprincipleaimof exterminatingIraqiKurds.
in the European Parliament on 8 March 2012.5 Moreover, the City of Peace and Justice, The Hague has recently approved plans to build a memorial site to commemorate the victims of the Kurdish Genocide. That the crimes committed against Iraqi Kurds constitute genocide is uncontroversial in Iraq, which is the only state to
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