ISIS is committing genocide, declares Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a resolution entitled "Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq" almost unanimously – 117 votes for with just 1 against – stating ISIS has "perpetrated acts of genocide and other serious crimes punishable under international law".
The parliament advised states to "act on the presumption that Da'esh commits genocide".
Genocide is considered the "crime of crimes" in international law. The UN Genocide Convention of 1948 defined it as actions taken with "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group"....