The Iraqi parliament on Monday ratified a law that will help Yezidi survivors (Photo: archive).
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraq’s parliament on Monday ratified the Yezidi (Ezidi) survivor law, which will offer financial compensation to survivors of the genocide Islamic State committed against the Yezidi community.
The National reported on Monday that the new law stipulates that survivors of the 2014 genocide will be entitled to financial compensation as well as pensions and salaries.
It also calls for the establishment of a state-run department to look after survivors, rehabilitate them and help them to reintegrate into society.
Today's passage of Iraq’s Yazidi Survivors Bill is an important first step in acknowledging the gender-based trauma of sexual violence & need for tangible redress. Implementation of the law will need to be focused comprehensively supporting & sustainably reintegrating survivors.