MEPs to call for action to protect religious minorities against ISIS
MEPs will urge the EU Commission to take urgent action to counter the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Daesh, in a resolution to be voted on Thursday. The text wraps up a 20 January debate with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, in which many MEPs called for measures to protect all religious and minority groups against ISIS attacks.
In this resolution MEPs might also call on the EU to recognise ISIS atrocities against religious minorities as genocide.
Note to editors
ISIS has been committing systematic and widespread violence and abuses of international human rights law and humanitarian law against members of minority groups, including Christians and Yazidis, in Iraq and Syria. According to the United Nations, "in some instances, these may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity."
Procedure: Non-binding resolution
Vote: Thursday, 4 February
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