1.0Just Securityhttps://www.justsecurity.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="FOCtKp0zKN"><a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/52628/iraqi-investigative-team-terms-reference-released-death-penalty-debate-dodged/">UN Releases Guidelines for Team Investigating ISIS Crimes in Iraq</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.justsecurity.org/52628/iraqi-investigative-team-terms-reference-released-death-penalty-debate-dodged/embed/#?secret=FOCtKp0zKN" width="600" height="338" title="“UN Releases Guidelines for Team Investigating ISIS Crimes in Iraq” — Just Security" data-secret="FOCtKp0zKN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://i0.wp.com/www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/GettyImages-800164132-1-e1518931092374.jpg?fit=1013%2C437&ssl=11013437Back in September, we covered the establishment by the U.N. Security Council of a novel "Investigative Team" to investigate international crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes) committed by members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) in Iraq. In the months since, the U.N. Secretary-General has been working to generate Terms of Reference (ToR) guiding the investigators' work that were acceptable to the Government of Iraq. After several extensions of the deadline to resolve disagreements over whether the Team’s work could support domestic proceedings that would lead to the death penalty, the ToR are now complete and are available here. This clears the way for the appointment of a Special Adviser who can then recruit his or her team of investigators and begin their crucial work.