The International Criminal Tribunal for the Middle East (ICTME) is a proposed body of the United Nations established to prosecute serious crimes committed during the Syrian Civil War, Iraqi Civil War, and Libyan Civil War, and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal would be an ad hoc institution.
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History
The protracted civil wars of the Arab Winter in Syria, Iraq, and Libya allowed the terrorist groups Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and al-Qaeda to gain territory in the region. Under ISIL, Sunni Arabs committed genocide against Christians, Yazidis, and Shias.
On February 3, 2016, the European Union recognized the persecution of religious minorities as genocide. The United States followed suit on March 15, 2016.
Indictees
The leader of ISIL Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is expected to be indicted by the tribunal if captured.