{"id":25909,"date":"2017-11-28T08:42:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T08:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=25909"},"modified":"2017-11-28T08:42:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T08:42:13","slug":"nuncio-un-demands-justice-victims-islamic-state-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/11\/28\/nuncio-un-demands-justice-victims-islamic-state-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuncio to UN demands justice for victims of Islamic State &#8211; \u00a0ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Nuncio to UN demands justice for v<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ictims of Islamic State<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Persecuted religious minorities in Syria and Iraq deserve a better future after suffering at the hands of the Islamic State group. That was the message of Archbishop Bernadito Auza, the apostolic nuncio leading the Holy See\u2019s permanent observer mission to the U.N. Auza was addressing a forum for victims of Islamic State and for the civil society leaders who wanted to hold the group accountable, jointly organised by the Holy See and the U.N. NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Other forum participants included leaders from Aid to the Church in Need and ADF International.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The archbishop said justice for the survivors \u201cdemands that we seek to return to them, as much as possible, what Daesh pillaged from them&#8230;.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This means ensuring the conditions for religious and ethnic minorities to return to their places of origin and live in dignity and safety, with the basic social, economic and political frameworks necessary to ensure community cohesion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He praised the assistance of <em>Aid to the Church in Need<\/em>, the Knights of Columbus and other groups for their initiative to rebuild homes, schools and houses of worship destroyed by ISIS. Although this reconstruction is a \u201ccrucial step,\u201d\u00a0 it is not enough. There must be \u201cfoundations for peaceful coexistence.\u201d All these efforts are \u201crestoring hope not only to the region but to the world,\u201d he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u201cWe must, through education, inter-religious dialogue, and international leadership make sure that we address the polluted environments in which hatred of the other is fomented, and arduously and perseveringly work to change such cultures into ecologies where human dignity and rights, mutual respect, solidarity, fraternity and peace reign,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Archbishop Auza cited the U.N. Security Council\u2019s Resolution 2379, adopted Sept. 21, which condemned the Islamic State\u2019s \u201cgross, systematic and widespread attacks directed against civilians\u201d and demanded justice for ISIS victims. The resolution said violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide. The U.N. Security Council appointed a team to investigate crimes committed by ISIS in Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Auza stated: \u201cWe are all justly repelled by the horror stories we have heard about the atrocities committed by Daesh against religious and ethnic minorities\u2026 Their stories cannot but move us to action. We wish that what they endured could have been prevented outright, but while we tragically did not stop their sufferings, we can act to bring justice for them and other victims, help them to rehabilitate and rebuild, and do everything we can to prevent similar barbarity from happening to others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He believes dealing with the aftermath of ISIS must include a \u201crock-solid resolve\u201d to prevent atrocities in the future: \u201cThose entrusted with protecting the innocent and safeguarding respect for fundamental human rights must live up to their indispensable and inescapable responsibility to defend those in danger of suffering atrocity crimes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u201cSimilarly religious leaders have a grave and specific duty to confront and condemn the abuse of religious belief and sentiment to justify violence and terrorism against believers of other religions,\u201d the archbishop said. \u201cThey must constantly and unequivocally affirm that no one can justly kill the innocent in God\u2019s name and say a clear and adamant \u2018no\u2019 to every form of violence, vengeance and hatred carried out supposedly in the name of God or religion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIt\u2019s not enough to defeat, punish, and disband Daesh. We also must eradicate the pseudo-religious, dehumanizing, hateful, and indeed barbaric ideology that motivates it and similar extremist groups.\u201d This would involve addressing the social, political and economic issues which ISIS exploited to recruit and radicalise others<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Victims also need to feel safe so it is vital to creating cultural conditions in which the rights of religious and ethnic minorities are respected. The archbishop stressed that all citizens must be equal before the law, regardless of religion, race, or ethnicity and have an established right to religious freedom and freedom of conscience with legal recourse when such rights are violated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nuncio to UN demands justice for victims of Islamic State &nbsp; Persecuted religious minorities in Syria and Iraq deserve a better future after suffering at the hands of the Islamic State group. That was the message of Archbishop Bernadito Auza, the apostolic nuncio leading the Holy See\u2019s permanent observer mission to the U.N. 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