Baghdad-INA

Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL (UNITAD) has published findings on the international crimes committed by ISIL (Da’esh) against inmates at Badush prison.
 
UNITAD said in a statement, received by the Iraqi news agency-INA that "As part of the completion of its activities prior to its closure, UNITAD has published a report setting out detailed findings on international crimes committed by ISIL (Da’esh) during its attack on Badush Central Prison near Mosul on 10 June 2014".
 
"It is estimated that 1,000 male prisoners, were executed by ISIL (Da’esh) members in at least six locations on this day,” the statement added.
 
“With the support of UNITAD, and as of the date of the report, the remains of over 600 victims have been excavated as part of these investigations, in co-operation with the Mass Graves Directorate and Medico-Legal Directorate of Iraq”, the statement further stated.
 
The statement also affirmed that “Consistent with UNITAD’s findings in other lines of investigation, the report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the killing operation at Badush Prison was undertaken with genocidal intent in the context of an ISIL (Da’esh) genocidal policy against the Shi’a in Iraq,” nothing that “With the support of SITU, UNITAD prepared a video providing an overview of the attack on Badush Prison and the findings of the Team as to international crimes committed against the inmates. This is the third such collaboration between SITU and UNITAD that aims to visualize notable attacks perpetrated by ISIL (Da’esh) using information collected by the Team”.
 
 
 
The statement concluded,"A version of this report was shared with the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq on 10 September 2024, and elements of the underlying investigations have previously been shared with competent authorities of third States, in accordance with UNITAD’s Terms of Reference and its broader mandate to promote accountability globally for ISIL (Da’esh) international crimes".