The joint report compiled by the Office of the UN High commissioner for human Rights (OHCHR) and UN Assistance mission for Iraq (UNAMI) noted that the situation facing civilians remained dire.
Stressing that ethnic communities continued to face mass rights violations the least 3,500 members of the Yezidi community remain under captivity and faced physical and sexual violence.
The UNAMI chief and UN Special Representative for Iraq, Jan Kubis, speaking on the report, said,
“UNAMI continues to have grave concerns for thousands of civilians subjected to human rights violations on a daily basis, particularly ISIL. Parties to the conflict are required b international human rights law an international humanitarian allow to prevent such violations and abuses from taking place and to ensure the civilians are spared to the fullest extent possible from the ongoing violence.”
The report also documented the slaughter of 1,700 Iraqi cadets in a camp known as Camp Speicher.
Commenting on the findings of the report, the Human Rights high Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, said,
“It is important to recognise the plight of the survivors and the families of victims and their courage in refusing to let the issue of what happened be set aside.”
A latest situational report by the UN confirmed that at least 8.1 million people in Iraq remain in need of humanitarian aid, with 3.1 million displaced and 4.4 million in need of critical food assistance.