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Amal Clooney Will Represent Victims of Yazidi Genocide

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Most of the victims of the Yazidi genocide are women.

Lawyer and activist Amal Clooney will represent the women who have been enslaved and trafficked by ISIS in the Yazidi genocide.

Clooney, a barrister who specializes in international law and human rights law, plans to seek an International Criminal Court investigation and prosecution of crimes against the Yazidi ethnic and religious minority, Women in the World reports. Nobel Peace Prize nominee Nadia Murad is one of the survivors who will be represented.

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