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Thousands of them are living in inhumane conditions in overcrowded camps in Syria and Iraq: wives and children of captured IS fighters, including many foreigners. UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet now addressed the country with a clear message.
States must fulfill their duties to their citizens, said Michelle Bachelet at the start of the three-week meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. They should retrieve members of IS fighters "if they are not made to international standards for crimes". The conditions in the prison camps in Iraq and Syria called Bachelet "inhumane."
Fair trials prevent renewed violence
Especially children who may have been ideologically influenced by the terrorist militia "Islamic State" (IS) would need to be protected and psychologically cared for instead of making them stateless, according to the UN High Commissioner. As for the captured fighters themselves, Bachelet did not necessarily demand their repatriation. However, the countries would have to take responsibility and ensure fair processes. This protects against new radicalization and violence.
Bachelet and UN Human Rights Council President Coly Seck at the opening of the 41st session
Bachelet spoke of 55,000 IS fighters imprisoned in Iraq and Syria, their wives and children. These came from 50 different countries. More than 11,000 are probably women and children of foreign IS fighters.
Germany rejects collective redemption so far
Even Syria and the US have already urged Western countries to bring IS fighters and their families back to their homeland. However, the demand met with skepticism. For example, the position of some countries is that adults detained in Iraq or Syria must also be brought to justice by the local judiciary.
Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer advocated an international special tribunal in April. He rejects a collective withdrawal of German IS fighters and their relatives. It must first be checked whether it is really about Germans. According to estimates of the Federal Government and information from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, several dozen IS fighters with German citizenship are said to be in Syria. In addition, more than 100 children are expected to come.
"Children should not be punished for their parents' crimes"
Australia, France, the Netherlands and other countries have already brought back family members from Syria. Most recently, Australia took in eight orphans from a camp in Syria. The Australian broadcaster ABC reported that the children were taken out of the camp with the help of aid organizations in a secret operation. They were first taken to another country in the Middle East, then to Australia.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the children had been released from a "complicated situation". Her parents had "abhorrently" decided to take her to a war zone. "Children should not be punished for the crimes of their parents."
ie / AR (dpa, rtr, afp)
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