While welcoming the Government’s successes in liberation from ISIL (Da’esh) of different locations including Sinjar, Bayji, Ramadi, Hit, and most recently Fallujah, which marked a major step in the continuing international efforts to defeat ISIL (Da’esh), the Security Council reaffirmed that “all parties, including armed groups and militias, must respect human rights and abide by all applicable obligations under international humanitarian law.”
In this respect, the Resolution welcomed the formation of the committee by the Prime Minister tasked to look into possible excesses. It emphasized the need for the Government of Iraq to conduct impartial and effective investigations and hold to account those found responsible for violations or abuses of human rights and international humanitarian law.
It similarly called for accountability with respect to reports of the systematic use of sexual violence and sexual enslavement, as well as the systematic targeting of women and children, especially those from minority communities, by ISIL.
In the meantime, the Security Council strongly emphasised “the urgency of addressing humanitarian challenges confronting the Iraqi people, stressing the need to intensify efforts to plan and implement a coordinated response and to provide adequate resources to address these challenges.”
The Resolution also called for the protection of affected civilians and internally displaced persons (IDPs), particularly children, women and minorities; while stressing the right of freedom of movement for the displaced population.
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