[...] “There are fingerprints of the foreign fighters in all the crimes perpetrated against our people,” said Ismael, cofounder and global operations manager of the Yazidi advocacy group Yazda, who traveled to The Hague last week with members of the Free Yezidi Foundation and the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to present the report.

But, Comer said, an ICC investigation would present yet another challenge: The court would only have purview to prosecute foreign fighters, not Iraqi and Syrian militants too. Also, if the Yazidis can prove that foreigners participated in crimes against their people, but other groups cannot, then it could create a multi-tiered ranking of victims, some of whom can pursue justice while others cannot. [...]

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