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France Should Follow WWII Rejection of Head of State Immunity

Summary by Just Security
Newly revealed historical records of European States' criminal indictments of Hitler should shape how courts think of "head of state immunity"

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The ex-wife of an emir of the Islamic State organization is suspected of having enslaved a Yezidi teenager in the spring of 2015. Sonia Mejri, 36, could be Syria's first French returner to appear in France for genocide against this ethnic-religious Kurdophone minority.

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She could be the first French woman convicted of genocide. Tuesday, July 8, the Court of Appeal of Paris ordered the judgment in Special Assize Court of a woman returning from Syria. Her name is Sonia Mejri, is 36 years old. She is... Read more about Elle.fr

Sonia Mejri, a French woman returning from Syria, will be tried for genocide by the special sitting court, announced on Tuesday 8 July the Paris Court of Appeal. She is suspected of having enslaved a Yezidi teenager in the spring of 2015.

Genocide has only been persecuted in international courts since the Holocaust. After the Nuremberg trials and Rwanda and Yugoslavia, the allegation now applies to Israel.Read the full article on FALTER.at

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falter.at broke the news in on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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