The Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, MADRE, and the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) jointly filed this communication pursuant to Article 15 of the Rome Statute where they urged the Office of the Prosecutor (“OTP”) of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) to launch an investigation into gender-based crimes committed by foreign fighters in the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham/Greater Syria (“ISIS,” also known as “ISIL,” “Daesh,” or “IS”) against civilians in Iraq. 

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This post discusses how a precedent-setting Article 15 Communication filed with the International Criminal Court argues for accountability for gender persecution crimes committed against women and LGBTQI+ persons by the Islamic State in Iraq.