Human Rights Council requests the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to urgently dispatch a mission to Iraq 
Requests the Mission to Investigate Alleged Violations and Abuses Committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and Associated Terrorist Groups 

1 September 2014

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its Special Session on the human rights situation in Iraq in the light of abuses committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and associated groups, after adopting a resolution in which it requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to urgently dispatch a mission to Iraq to investigate alleged violations and abuses of international human rights law committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and associated terrorist groups, and to establish the facts and circumstances of such abuses and violations, with a view to avoiding impunity and ensuring full accountability.
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