ABSTRACT

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book discusses the victims of the genocides as well as those of the new violence that has been generated by ISIS. It shows all the cases relating to the Kurdish genocide in Iraq. Some high-ranking members of the Ba'athist government have been tried and sentenced. In November 2006, while the Anfal trial was underway, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death for the Dujail crimes. He was hanged without much delay on 30 December 2006. Many felt that his Shia enemies executed the ex-president before he was made to pay for crimes against the Kurds. This led most Kurds to think that justice had been hijacked by the tensions between Sunnis and Shias, leaving the Kurds without the possibility of seeing justice for the crimes committed against them.