Iraq ... Parliament is in the process of legislating a law to establish a court specialized in ISIS crimes

Hassan Al-Kaabi, First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, confirmed, Tuesday, that Parliament is in the process of legislating a law to establish a court specialized in ISIS crimes, explaining that the President of the Iraqi Council of Representatives received the head of the investigation team into ISIS crimes, the UN advisor, Karim Khan, and his accompanying delegation, In the presence of the Head of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, Rebwar Hadi, and Representative Muhammad Al-Ghazzi.

According to Russia Today, the first deputy speaker of the Iraqi parliament said that the House of Representatives in its current session is going through the legislation of a new law for the formation of a court exclusively competent to consider and decide on ISIS crimes and to hold its members accountable, indicating that it will soon be submitted to the first reading within a short period, and the Parliamentary Legal Committee is currently working on developing Final touches to the draft law.

The first deputy speaker of the Iraqi parliament pointed out that the enactment of the law will give a good message to all partners who helped and contributed to the fight against ISIS, that this court is the first to criminalize ISIS and punish its members, indicating that the enactment of the law will also constitute an important step for the House of Representatives to establish a database that documents These crimes can be resorted to even in international courts, and that the law is a valuable opportunity to prepare Iraq for an international trial within a national framework and to push countries to support it, since ISIS crimes did not affect Iraq alone, but extended to most countries of the world.