With the presence of His Excellency Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region, in the capital Erbil, the international conference on the Yazidi genocide was held, organized by the University of Kurdistan – Erbil.
In the ceremony, Prof. Dr. Edrees Mohammed Tahir Harki, the rector of the university, along with a number of members of the university council, participated. Among the attendees were Mir Tahsin Bag, the prince of the Yazidis, Baba Sheikh, a number of ministers, the governor of Erbil, high-ranking officials of the Kurdistan Region, political figures, consuls and diplomats of various countries, academics, researchers from inside and outside the region, and religious scholars.
It was decided that during the two-day conference, a number of researches and panels would be presented, addressing the Yazidi genocide committed by ISIS, the commitments of the Iraqi government toward compensating the victims, and several other related issues.
