,,iii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #caj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november 
#i1 #bjae,mr4 ,johnson 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,ms4 ,ayotte1
 ,mr4 ,kirk1 ,mr4 ,perdue1 and ,mrs4    
,ernst7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,november #ag1 #bjae,reported by ,mr4   
,corker1 without amendment  ,december   
#af1 #bjae;,considered1 amended1 and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,condemning the
 ongoing sexual violence against women  
and children from ,yezidi1 ,christian1  
,shabak1 ,turkmen1 and other religious  
communities by ,islamic ,state of ,iraq 
and ,syria militants and urging the     
prosecution of the perpetrators and     
those complicit in these crimes4        
,whereas the ,islamic ,state of ,iraq   
and ,syria 7,,isis7 has publicly and    
systematically targeted communities on  
the basis of their religious identities1
 including ,yezidis1 ,christians1 ,shi'a

 ,muslims1 ,shabaks1 ,turkmens1 and     
,kaka'i1 in a campaign of violence that 
includes summary executions1 beheadings1
 torture1 arbitrary detainment1 forced  
displacement1 rape and sexual violence1 
and enslavement2 ,whereas enslavement   
and sexual violence against women is a  
widespread practice among ,,isis        
militants1 who have1 according to the   
,yezidi ,affairs ,directory1 captured   
and enslaved as many as #e1ejj ,yezidis1
 including as many as #c1jjj women1     
since ,august #bjad2 ,whereas ,,isis has
 established a formal slave trade in    
which women and girls as young as #e    
years old are systematically abducted1  
transported1 categorized according to   
physical traits and perceived value1 and
 traded among ,,isis militants or sold  
for as little as #aj2 ,whereas the      
,research and ,fatwa ,department of     
,,isis has issued guidelines and        
directions for the enslavement of       
,yezidi women and children and has      
justified the actions on the basis of   

religious teachings2 ,whereas the ,new  
,york ,times reported that the ,islamic 
,state has developed a detailed         
bureaucracy of sex slavery1 including   
sales contracts notarized by the        
,,isis-run ,islamic courts2 ,whereas    
according to various reports1 including 
testimony before ,congress by ,khidher  
,domle1 a ,yezidi activist and ,director
 of the ,media ,department at the       
,university of ,dohuk1 the enslavement  
and sexual violence used against ,yezidi
 women and children by ,,isis militants 
in their attack on ,mount ,sinjar was   
premeditated2 ,whereas ,,isis has       
initiated the mass killing of ,yezidi   
men and boys1 the sexual violence and   
enslavement of ,yezidi women and        
children1 and the forced displacement of
 ,christians and other religious        
communities2 ,whereas the threat and    
reach of ,,isis extends beyond ,iraq and
 ,syria into the rest of the world1 as  
demonstrated by ,,isis-affiliated       
attacks and recruitment of foreign      

fighters from the ,united ,states1      
,europe1 ,central ,asia1 and ,africa2   
,whereas1 according to testimony        
presented before the ,committee on      
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives on ,september #bi1     
#bjae1 it is possible that one of the   
,,isis militants involved in the sexual 
slavery of ,yezidi women and children is
 a ,united ,states citizen2 and ,whereas
 the ,united ,states ,government should 
investigate and urge prosecution of     
,american citizens who are perpetrators 
of or complicit in such crimes3 ,now1   
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 condemns the ongoing sexual        
violence against women and children from
 ,yezidi1 ,christian1 ,shabak1 ,turkmen1
 and other religious communities by     
,islamic ,state of ,iraq and ,syria     
militants2  7#b7 calls on the ,attorney 
,general to commence the investigation  
and prosecution of any ,united ,states  
citizens alleged to be perpetrators of  
or complicit in these crimes and to     

report back to ,congress what steps are 
being taken to investigate and urge the 
prosecution of those involved2  7#c7    
calls on the ,government of ,iraq and   
the governments of other countries to   
identify individual perpetrators and    
individuals involved in these crimes and
 take appropriate measures to arrest and
 urge the prosecution of those          
individuals2 and  7#d7 defines          
complicit1 for purposes of this         
resolution1 as having knowingly and     
willingly taken actions which have      
directly supported1 promoted1 enabled1  
aided1 abetted1 or encouraged crimes    
involving sexual violence against women 
and children from ,yezidi1 ,christian1  
,shabak1 ,turkmen1 or other religious   
communities by ,islamic ,state of ,iraq 
and ,syria militants1 including actively
 working to deny1 cover up1 or alter    
evidence of such crimes4