AMAR WINDSOR DIALOGUE 2021

21ST – 23RD JUNE 2021

Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park Chair of Conference, Alastair Redfern

The Recovery of Belief

Advancing the Cause of IDPs: Creating a framework to support the mental health of IDPs by restoring hope and identity

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21st - 23rd June 2021 Windsor Dialogue Conference st rd Windsor Dialogue 2021 21 - 23 June 2021 Dear Colleagues All, The Great Park Windsor SL4 2HP Welcome to our 2021 Windsor Dialogue Conference in the beautiful surroundings of Cumberland Lodge.

Our conference chair is Bishop Alastair Redfern and our host is Canon Edmund Newell.

Some of you are joining us by Zoom, and all presentations will be filmed, recorded and web posted A special message from His Highness Mir Hazem Beg for wider sharing. Please use our discussions to draw in all of your friends and contacts so that our messages go global. ‘We as Yazidis are in debt to all your efforts and commitment The past 18 months have been difficult for us all and we have each had to rethink our lives and to assist our victims of the genocide and putting the essence reflect our ways of working and our own objectives. of our religion in the right conception.’ Copyright Copyright Copyright How Copyrightwe work, with whom we work and what it is that we want to achieve in these unpredictable times. Losing purpose or sight of those who are in even more need is a greater risk when we must focus more on our immediate families and friends. How much more important is it to lift our sight to the hills and stretch our imaginations to understand a fraction of others’ need, and to shine our light Copyright Copyright Copyrightfrom faraway on the exceptionalism of millionsCopyright of lives endured for decades in refugee camps. We had to postpone the 2020 Windsor Dialogue conference and to reconsider how we could shape Copyright Copyright Copyright our hugely importantCopyright work for these millions of people trapped in camps. Thank you for your patience as we have rebuilt our programme. Thank you especially BYU International Centre for Law & Religion Studies headed by Professor Brett G. Scharffs, as AMAR’s partner in this conference.

Copyright Copyright CopyrightOur conference and the new thinking is the outcome of a smallCopyright number of meetings and of an endless number of Zoom calls and other exchanges. I thank most especially our chair Bishop Alastair Redfern, and chair of Utah Friends of AMAR Stan Parrish who have not hesitated to contribute in every way Copyright Copyright Copyright they could throughout the past year.Copyright Their commitment has been impeccable. The absolute dedication of Bishop Alastair, who made himself available at any time of the day and every day of the week and brought his wisdom and strong faith that we would be able to achieve this Copyright Copyright conference,Copyright has given us the assurance we needed to fulfil our Windsor CopyrightDialogue objectives. As our continuing Dialogue Chair his commitment and vision remains essential. Copyright Copyright CopyrightStan Parrish has likewise strongly embraced andCopyright pushed for the full implementation of our shared mission for the many millions now of persecution survivors in camps throughout all continents.

My deepest gratitude to them both and I hope that this conference marks the beginning of new ways Copyright Copyright of addressing theCopyright needs of the many internally displaced people whose faith in humanityCopyright must be restored. Jim Olson, our earliest Utah friend has never wavered in his trust in our combined mission. Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright 3 Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

The work of our Rapporteur Mariela Neagu gives us the powerful argumentation and all of the Conference Participants Biography evidence we need to present our case globally and at grassroots level. Our conference administration throughout this ever changeable year is handled by Andrew Methven; supported by Chris Frost. Shaykh Sami Al Majoun Shaikh Al Majoun is an eminent leader of Southern Iraq and a former governor of the Provinces Ashley and Michael Bochmann together with our field professionals led by Dr Ali Jawad and Dr south of Nazaryyah. He is long-standing supporter of AMAR. Nezar ensured our vision of music and human health enabled continued the recovery cycle for our Yazidi patients, pupils and friends. Ambassador H.E Mohammad Jaafar Al-Sadr Is the Iraqi ambassador to the UK. Al-Sadr studied in Baghdad and then Najaf, He obtained a degree in Sociology and Anthropology in Beirut. In 2010, he was elected as a member of the Council Thank you all, of Representatives within Baghdad Province for the State of Law Coalition of Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki.

Professor Mohammed Al-Uzri, MBChB, M Med Sci, FRCPsych, MD Is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Medical Director (Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust), Honorary Chair (Department of Health Sciences, College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester). Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Royal College of Psychiatrists roles: Deputy Director for International Affairs and Specialist Advisor on Medical Training Initiative. Copyright Copyright Copyright Mr SiddikCopyright Bakir Is Director of the Oil and Gas Department in the Ministry of Energy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Previously, he worked as Senior Oil Market Analyst at Saudi Aramco’s Strategy and Market Copyright Copyright CopyrightAnalysis Department in Saudi Arabia. Before Aramco,Copyright Siddik worked as a Senior Energy Analyst for the Middle East at IHS Markit, a global research and data company, in . Copyright Copyright Copyright Professor AlexanderCopyright Betts Alexander Milton Stedman Betts is the Leopold Muller Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs, William Golding Senior Fellow in Politics at Brasenose College, and Associate Head of the Social Sciences Division at the University of Oxford. He was formerly director of the Copyright Copyright CopyrightRefugee Studies Centre between 2014 and 2017. Copyright

HH Mir Hazem Beg Copyright Copyright Copyright HH Mir Hazem Tahsin Said (bornCopyright 1963 in Ba’adre) is the current and official Mir (Prince) of the Yezidis since July 27 2019. Mir Hazem is the successor of Tahseen Beg, his father who after ruling the Yezidis for 75 years, passed away in early 2019 at the age of 85. Mir Hazem has previously won Copyright Copyright a seatCopyright in the Kurdistan Region parliament, running as a Kurdistan DemocraticCopyright Party candidate in 2009. Professor Chaloka Beyani Is an Associate Professor of International Law in the Law Department, a member of the Centre Copyright Copyright Copyrightfor the Study of Human Rights and Chair of itsCopyright Advisory Board, and a member of the Centre for Climate Change at LSE. He is also the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Copyright Copyright Internally DisplacedCopyright Persons. He joined the Department of Law at LSE in 1996. Copyright

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Professor Michael Bochmann Mrs Bina Desai Is a professor of violin and chamber music at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. In 2017, Bina joined IDMC as the Head of Policy & Research and leads IDMC’s team of senior He is an expert in looking at the field of musical education from an inspirational viewpoint and advisors and researchers in displacement-related policy analysis and evidence building. Bina is constantly challenging the old models. He has initiated many ground-breaking and pioneering holds a Masters in Economics and Sociology from the University of Bielefeld and a PhD in Social educational trials that have generated excellent results. Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Dr Aldo Zammit Borda Sister Sharon Eubank Dr Aldo is a Senior Lecturer in Law at ARU. He previously served as Acting Head of the Law Sister Sharon has been the first counselor in the General Presidency of The Church of School and led the school to perform strongly in the NSS and Postgraduate Taught Experience Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2017 and is also the director of Latter- Survey. Also during his tenure the award-winning Law Clinic was established. Prior to this, he day Saint Charities. Upon graduating from BYU, Eubank accepted a position teaching English in served as Director of Research Students responsible for the Doctoral students within the faculty. Suzuka, Japan. After returning to the United States, she moved to Washington, D.C.

Ms Louise Brown Rev Dr Paul Edmondson Louise is a veteran journalist with 40 years’ experience in government reporting, feature and Rev Dr Paul Edmondson is Head of Research and Knowledge and Director of the Stratford-upon- research articles, magazine and online content, public relations, outreach campaigns and events, Avon Poetry Festival for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He is the author, co-author, and co-editor philanthropy relations, editing, and video production. She’s an award-winning columnist who also of many books and articles about Shakespeare. He is Chair of the Hosking Houses Trust for women interviews, writes, and publishes people’s life histories. writers, a Trustee of the British Shakespeare Association, and a in the Church of . Copyright CopyrightBaroness (Deborah) Bull CBE Copyright Mr ChrisCopyright Frost Is an English dancer, writer, and broadcaster and former creative director of the Royal Opera House. Is AMAR’s Treasurer and a retired senior PwC consulting partner with considerable international Deborah joined King’s College London as Director, Cultural Partnerships in 2012. In 2015 she was experience gained over 27 years. Prior to joining PwC, he was employed an international civil Copyright appointed as the university’sCopyright Assistant Principal (London) and in 2018 was named Vice PresidentCopyright & servant in a NATO agency. Copyright Vice-Principal (London). Whilst at the school she won the 1980 Prix de Lausanne. Mr Boyce Fitzgerald Professor Michele Calderone Is the Director of Temporal Affairs of LDS-Charities for the Middle East region. He has worked on Copyright CopyrightAdjunct Professor of Political Science at Towson University and CopyrightImmigration Legal Staff Writer at joint projects with CopyrightAMAR and attended previous conferences. He lives just outside Salt Lake City the Dobkin Law Group. Michele is also Vice President of the Amar Mid Atlantic Circle. with this wife, Sandi. CopyrightProfessor Sir Paul Collier, CBE,Copyright FBA CopyrightProfessor Nazila Ghanea Copyright Is a British development economist who serves as the Professor of Economics and Public Policy Is Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow in the Blavatnik School of Government and the director of the International Growth Centre. He of Kellogg College. She was the founding editor of the international journal of Religion and Human currently is a Professeur invité at Sciences Po and a Professorial Fellow of St Antony’s College, Rights and now serves on its Editorial Board. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Oxford Copyright Oxford.Copyright He has served as a senior advisor to the Blair Commission for Africa. Copyright Journal of Law and Religion, theCopyright Board of Governors of the Universal Rights Group.

Mr Moayad Abd Dishr Mr Ashley Goodall Copyrighthas worked for AMAR for over 20 years, most recentlyCopyright as a highly skilled professional translator. MrCopyright Ashley Goodall is an experienced Marketing consultant to charitable, Copyrightbusiness, cultural and Starting as a refugee in Lebanon, Mr Moayad has also worked in Basra. financial brands and has worked with IBBC and AMAR since January 2017. As MD of Saatchi & Saatchi Design, Ashley ran large branding projects for clients such as Barclays Capital, Raifeissen Professor bank, The Post office, A1 telecom Austria, Head and Shoulders and T Mobile. Copyright Professor Durham is Copyrightan American educator. He is Susa Young Gates University Professor ofCopyright Copyright Law and Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School. He is an internationally active specialist in religious Is a Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales and the Kaldor Centre for International Copyrightfreedom law, involved in comparative law scholarship, with a Copyrightspecial emphasis on comparative Refugee Law at CopyrightUNSW. He is Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, EmeritusCopyright Professor constitutional law. of International Refugee Law, and an Honorary Associate of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre. He practised as a Barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London, from 2002-18. Copyright6 Copyright Copyright Copyright 7 Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

Dr Mohammed Hayder Hassan MBCHB FRCS(ENG) FRCEM Professor David Kerr CBE FMedSci FRCP Is qualified from The Medical School, Baghdad University in July 1981 and did jobs in emergency Is a British cancer researcher. His area of research is treatment and management of and acute medicine as part of the national service in Iraq till March 1991. He then moved to Iran colorectal cancer. He served as Chief Research Advisor, Sidra Medical and Research Center in where he worked for medical charities and organisations including AMAR. He has been a medical Doha, Qatar. Kerr is Professor of Cancer Medicine. Kerr is Professor of Cancer Medicine and former advisor for the Foundation ever since. Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Mr Safi Hamza Professor David Kirkham Is a retired headmaster, who was AMAR’s first head teacher 30 years ago. At peak, he was running a Served as Academic Director and professor at the London Centre from network of over 83 AMAR schools in Basra, Baghdad and the Basra marshes. He oversees AMAR’s 2015-2019. He has served ICLRS as Senior Fellow for Comparative Law and International Policy educational work in Basra and wider Iraq. and Advisor for Europe since July 2007 and continues in this role in an advisory and representational capacity. He began his career in the early 1980s with a five-year law practice. Ms Sharlene Wells Hawkes Is the President/Founder of Remember My Service Military Productions working with the Department General Lester Martinez Lopez of Defense to publish and distribute major commemorative publications and documentaries. Previously, Joined the United States Army and was sent to Fort Bragg in North Carolina, where he received she was Chief Marketing Officer for the parent company StoryRock, VP of Communications for his specialty training in family practice and commissioned a Captain upon the completion of his MonaVie, COO Best of State Awards, President of Hawkes Communications. training. He was part of a multinational force in Lebanon following the1982 Israeli invasion. In 1983, he completed his MPH degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Ambassador Stephen Hickey Copyright CopyrightStephen Hickey was appointed Her Majesty’s AmbassadorCopyright to Iraq in September 2019. Prior to this Mr AndrewCopyright Methven appointment, he was the Ambassador and Political Co-ordinator in the UK Permanent Mission to Is the AMAR Chief of Staff, based in the London office. Andrew previously worked in the Security the United Nations. Stephen joined the FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) in 2001 as a Desk & Risk Management sector, specialising in Iraq (including the Kurdistan Region). He is a former Copyright Officer in the South EastCopyright Asian Department. Some of his previous postings include Deputy CopyrightHead Commanding Officer in the British Army. He Copyrighthas attended all the Windsor conferences and has of Mission to Egypt (2013 to 2015) and Syria (2010 to 2011); Political Counsellor in South Africa organised the last 4. (2011 to 2012) and Head of Office and Deputy Special Representative for Libya (2011). He is an Arabic speaker and has made the Middle East a focus of his career. Dr Caroline Melby, PhD Copyright Copyright Copyright Is a member of the CopyrightAMAR Mid-Atlantic supporters’ Circle. She has over three decades experience Elder Holland in the professional development of nursing services, with particular interest in Kurdistan. Elder Jeffrey Roy Holland is an American educator and religious leader. He served as the ninth CopyrightPresident of Brigham Young UniversityCopyright and is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles CopyrightMr Christophe Michels Copyright of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Is Managing Director and a Member of the Board of the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC), an Holland is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. organisation he helped establish and has been working for since 2009. From 2007 to 2009 he worked for Baroness Nicholson in the European Parliament. Graduating from the Lycee Franco-Allemand in Copyright Dr Ala’aCopyright Hussein Copyright Paris he studied History and ArtCopyright History in Berlin, and Duesseldorf. Dr Ala’a has worked for AMAR since 2004. He is a specialist in public health (PhD) and marine medicine. He is head of AMAR’s provision of medical services in Basra. Dr Canon Edmund Newell Copyright Copyright Dr CopyrightCanon Edmund Newell is a writer, speaker, and Anglican priest and PrincipalCopyright of the educational Dr Ali Jawad foundation, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor. He was formerly Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral Is Iraq Operations Director at AMAR ICF. Dr. A. Jawad is an experienced medical practitioner. His and founding Director of St Paul’s Institute; Sub-Dean of Christ Church, Oxford; and a Research medical experience is summarized: Specialized Rheumatologist in AL shaheed Khaled hospital Erbil Fellow in Economic History at Nuffield College, Oxford Copyright 2011-2014; High diplomaCopyright in Rheumatology from Ternopol medical university, Ukraine 2009-2011.Copyright Copyright Dr Mariela Neagu Mr Maged Kadar Is the Windsor Dialogue Conference Rapporteur 2021. She has20 years of experience in CopyrightIs a prominent Iraqi businessman and friend of Sheikh Sami andCopyright also himself a generous supporter children’s rights,Copyright reform of child protection services, policy-making, gained at the EuropeanCopyright of AMAR. Commission Delegation in Romania, Government of Romania, Children’s High Level Group and multidisciplinary research at the University of Oxford. Copyright8 Copyright Copyright Copyright 9 Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

Professor Karen O’Brien Dr. Nezar Ismet Taib Is Vice Chancellor of Durham University and has led the Humanities Division at the University of Dr. Nezar Ismet Taib is a medical doctor with a specialization in psychiatry. Nezar was a child Oxford with great success. As a member of the University Council, she has been jointly responsible and adolescent psychiatrist at the psychosocial education treatment and consulting center-Duhok for the financial oversight, research strategy and equalities and access priorities of the University. (PSETCC) between 2005 and 2006. He has been a lecturer at the College of Medicine and College Prior to joining Oxford, she was Vice-Principal for Education at King’s College London. of Education at the Duhok University.

Mr Richard Ovenden OBE FSA FRSA Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Is a British librarian and author. He currently serves as Bodley’s Librarian in the University of Oxford, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne chairs AMAR ICF which she founded in 1991. Her alma having been appointed in 2014.Ovenden also serves as the Director of the Bodleian Library’s Centre mater is The Royal Academy of Music and her early training and work lay in computer software for the Study of the Book and holds a Professorial Fellowship at Balliol College. Ovenden is a trustee development. She is a former MP,MEP and Council of Europe parliamentarian who now sits in the of the Chawton House Library[3] and vice-chair of the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation. .

Colonel Jim Olson Mr Summer Xia Retired Colonel Jim Olson has enjoyed a lengthy career of leadership in the U.S. Army. He sits on Is British Council director for Azerbaijan, and provided the informal link for AMAR’s Yazidi the board of numerous organisations including the AMAR International Charitable Foundation in music project to the Academy of Ancient Music, Baku, sponsored by The Prince’s School of the the USA (AMAR U.S.), for whom he is also the Co-Chair of the Utah AMAR Supporters Circle. He Traditional Arts. serves on the Presidency of the Frederick Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Dr. Fareed Mustafa Kamil Yasseen Copyright CopyrightMr Stan Parrish Copyright Is currentlyCopyright Iraq’s ambassador to the United States, a posting he assumed in November 2016. He As president of the Utah Friends of AMAR Board, Stan Parrish brings a wealth of expertise Joined Iraq’s Ministries of Foreign Affairs in July 2004, and has previously served as head of the and experience including former President/CEO Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce; CEO Ministry’s Department of Policy planning, as diplomatic advisor to Deputy President Adil Abd al- Copyright of the Sandy Area ChamberCopyright of Commerce; Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch; DeputyCopyright Mahdi and, prior to his posting in Washington,Copyright as Ambassador to France. Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration. Dr. Theodore Zeldin CBE Bishop Alastair Redfern Dr. Theodore Zeldin is an Oxford scholar. After graduating from London University (Birkbeck Copyright CopyrightIs Chair of Windsor Dialogue and Chair of The Clewer Initiative.Copyright He is a retired College) at the ageCopyright of 17, and then from Christ Church, Oxford (with Firsts from both), Theodore bishop, who served as from 2005 to 2018. Redfern was ordained a at Zeldin helped to build up St Antony’s College, Oxford as the university’s postgraduate centre for Petertide 1976 and a priest the following Petertide, both times by , Bishop of international studies, and was its Dean for thirteen years. CopyrightLichfield, at . Copyright Copyright Copyright Elder Gary Sabin At the time of his call, Elder Gary B. Sabin had been serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of Copyright the SeventyCopyright in the North America West Area. He was the founder and chairman/CEOCopyright of two New Copyright York Stock Exchange-listed companies focused on commercial real estate ownership. He was also Copyrightthe founder and chairman of Sabin Holdings, an internationalCopyright real estate firm. Copyright Copyright Professor Brett G. Scharffs Brett Gilbert Scharffs is the Rex E. Lee Chair and Professor of Law at J. Reuben Clark Law School, part of Brigham Young University (BYU). He is also the Director of the International Center for Copyright Law and Religion Studies.Copyright Scharffs has largely focused on international law and religious lawCopyright issues. Copyright Prior to joining the BYU faculty Scharffs taught at George Washington University Law School. Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

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Khanke IDP Camp Primary Health Care Centre

AMAR 2020 Statistics

2020 summary of statistics

In the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, AMAR delivered a further 56,267 medical consultations and provided mental healthcare to 458 patients and 1760 families in IDP camps for Yazidis in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. • Designed and built a mobile laboratory for use in COVID and other communicable diseases testing in KRI. • AMAR Primary school for Orphans in Basra was attended by 154 students in 11 classes. Copyright Copyright The school employedCopyright 14 teachers. Copyright • The Khanke PHCC was operated by AMAR Secondary school for Orphans in Basra was attended by 72 students in 5 classes. AMAR for the all of 2020. Copyright CopyrightThe school employed 10 teachers. Copyright Copyright • Over the year, the Khanke PHCC The Rumaila Mobile Health clinic served a population of 5000 delivered 38,165 consultations. and delivered 10,917 medical consultations, including 1190 vaccinations. Copyright Copyright • Copyright Copyright The Al-Khora Primary Healthcare Centre near Basra served a population of 10,000 and delivered 18,889 medical consultations, including 1821 vaccinations. Copyright Copyright• Copyright Copyright AMAR delivered vocational training (computer/IT, sewing and hairdressing courses) in and around Basra to 437 students. 313 of these students were women. • Copyright CopyrightThese classroom training courses were replaced by on-line coursesCopyright Copyright following the onset of COVID. A wide range of IT and English language courses were delivered to 468 students. 259 of these students were women. Copyright Copyright• Copyright Copyright Delivered PPE equipment to Al Kindi hospital, the largest teaching hospital in Baghdad (500 N95 face masks, 500 KN95 face masks, 500 medical masks, 500 bottles of sterilising solution, Copyright 500 safety medicalCopyright goggles, 500 disposable hazmat suits, 500 pairs of latex medical gloves).Copyright Copyright • Camp population = 16,000 Designed and built a mobile laboratory for use in COVID and other communicable diseases testing Surrounding area = 30,000 in Somaliland. Copyright • Copyright Copyright Copyright Supported Community Action programme in Romania involving over 250,000 volunteers and beneficiaries. Copyright12 Copyright Copyright Copyright 13 Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

Essyan IDP Camp Primary Health Care Centre Yazidi IDP Camp Primary Health Care Centres

The Essyan PHCC was operated by AMAR for the first 9 months Copyright Copyright Copyrightof 2020. Copyright Due to a lack of funding, responsibility for running the clinic was then The Khanke and Essyan PHCCs handed over to another NGO. were operated by AMAR and Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyrightserved Yazidi IDPs. Over the 9 months, the clinic delivered 20,992 consultations. In 2020, the two AMAR clinics Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright delivered 58,957 consultations. Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Camp populations = 31,000 Copyright CopyrightCamp population = 15,000 Copyright Surrounding area = 30,000Copyright

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Al-Khora remote area Primary Health Care Centre North Rumaila Mobile Health Clinic

Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright CopyrightThe Al-Khora PHCC was operated by AMAR for the all of 2020.Copyright The North RumailaCopyright MC was operated by AMAR for the all of 2020. Over the year, the Al-Khora PHCC delivered 18,889 consultations. Over the year, the North Rumaila MC delivered 10917 consultations. Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

Copyright Copyright Catchment populations:Copyright Copyright North Rumaila Estimation= 5000 Al-Khora PHCC catchment population = 10100 Train Village= 4000 Copyright16 Copyright Copyright Copyright 17 Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

Yazidi IDP camps Psychosocial care Vocational training – funded by GIZ Classroom

Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright No. of working days: - 225 days Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic classroom training was possible. Copyright No. of outreach visits: Copyright- 1760 families CopyrightVocational training courses were delivered to 437Copyright students. No. of Mental Health Awareness Lectures : 37 315 of these students were women. No. of attendees in Mental Health Awareness Copyright Copyright Copyright VocationalCopyright training – funded by GIZ Online Lectures :- 550 The onset of the COVIFD-19 pandemic CopyrightTotal no. of cases examined by doctor:Copyright 367 Copyright meant thatCopyright classroom training was no longer an option. No. of patients referred to: 1) fixed facility (Essyan health center) : 318 Instead, the AMAR project team procured Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyrightonline training courses that were then delivered 2) Hospital or secondary care: 54 to 468 students. Copyright Copyright Copyright 259 of these studentsCopyright were women. Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

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Orphans Amar primary school Weekly lessons schedule of Primary School The number of students and staff of Amar Primary School

Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Information about AMAR primary schools throughout the year 2020 - 2021, with follow-up by the Copyright AMAR Foundation Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

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Orphans Amar secondary school Activity Total The number of students and staff of Amar secondary School Total medical consultations 4,116,520 Total deliveries 68,010

Total lab tests 323,723

Total WHV beneficiararies 6,507,250

Total widow training days 768,620 Information about Amar primary schools throughout the year 2020 - 2021, with follow-up by the Amar Foundation Given the known birth rate of Iraq, the data shows that AMAR delivered around 1 in 220 babies born in Iraq over the period covered by the data held in the database. Overall, AMAR has delivered over 10m medical consultations Weekly lessons schedule of secondary school Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

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AMAR Board Contributors & Attendees of the Windsor Dialogue Canon Dr. Edmund Newell The Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Chairman 2016-2018 Mr Damon Parker, Vice Chairman Dr Hayder Hassan MBCHB FRCS(ENG) FRCEM Bishop Alastair Redfern Trustee, AMAR ICF Mr Michael Boardman, Chair of Finance & General Purposes Committee Mr Siddik Bakir Aramco, Trustee AMAR Mr Mohammed Charchafchi Prof Julia Bray Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford Dr Theodore Zeldin CBE FBA, President Rev’d Dr Marcus Braybrook President, World Congress of Faiths Mr Siddik Bakir Dr Richard Benda University of Manchester Mr Stanley B Parrish Prof Michael Bachmann Trinity Laban School of Music Ms Sharlene Hawkes Dr Theodore Zeldin President AMAR ICF Professor David Kerr C.B.E FMedSci FRCP Mr Mick Csaky Antelope South documentary productions The Rt. Revd. Dr Alastair Redfern, Chairman Windsor Dialogue Prof Tia DeNora Head of Research, Nordoff Robbins Centre Utah Friends of AMAR Cole Durham Brigham Young University, Utah Ms Jen Eldridge Bureau of Conflict and Stabilisation Operations. US Dept of State Mr Stanley B. Parrish Sister Sharon Eubank Director LDS-C and 1st counselor, General Relief Society Copyright Copyright Mrs JoyceCopyright Parrish Copyright Ms Sharlene W. Hawkes Prof Sir Malcolm Evans Chairman UN Sub-Committee for the Prevention of Torture Col C. James Olson Baroness Anelay of St Johns Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Aramco Mr Kent M. Bowman Mr Boyce Fitzgerald LOS-Charities Copyright CopyrightMs Louise Brown CopyrightMr Chris Frost Treasurer AMARCopyright ICF Mr Leon P. Hammond Mr Peter Gale Headteacher, Mary Hare School for Deaf Children Ms Amy Rees Anderson Dr Barbara Harrell- Bond OBE Emerita Professor, Oxford University Ms Jesselie B. Anderson Copyright Copyright Copyright Elder Kart Hirst CopyrightLDS Mr Bruce B. Bingham Mr Tom Holland Historian and Author Mr Lew W. Cramer Elder Jeffrey Holland Member of the Quorum of the Twelve, LDS Church Copyright CopyrightMs Adrienne Jack Copyright Copyright Mr Scott Keller Sister Patricia Holland LDS Church Mrs Karen Keller Prof Julianne Holt Lunstad Brigham Young University Dr Hussein AMAR ICF Iraq Copyright CopyrightAMAR Mid Atlantic Circle Copyright IPS lrineu CopyrightArchbishop of Craiova Mr James and Sarah Olson Ms Nadia Ibrahim AMAR ICF Iraq Ms Michele Calderon Justice Yvonne Kauger Oklahoma Supreme Constitutional Court USA Copyright Ms DesireeCopyright Mortenson Copyright Copyright Elder Patrick Kearon LDS Church Ms Carolyn Melby Sister Jennifer Kearon LDS Church Ms Lisa Riggs Baroness Helena Kennedy House of Lords Copyright CopyrightMs Starr McClatchie Copyright Copyright of The Shaws Ms Laurie Lewis Dr Paul Kerry Oxford and BYU Mr Thomas Gaye Copyright Mr C. Paul Smith Copyright Dr David KirkhamCopyright BYU Copyright Mr Jacob Hibbard Timothy Lavelle USAID Faith Based Initiatives Ms Laura Rasband Copyright24 Copyright Copyright Copyright 25 Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

Contributors & Attendees of the Windsor Dialogue Promoting religious tolerance to decrease 2016-2018 the drivers of forced displacement. Virginia Manzitti Freedom of Religion and Belief, European Commission The AMAR Windsor Dialogue is an annual conference that focuses on contemporary religious persecution as a driver of forced displacement, with particular emphasis on diagnosing the causes The Rev Sister Honor Margaret CSMV Community of St Mary the Virgin of religious persecution, reflecting on improvement strategies, determining treatments to address Mr Oliver McTernan Director, Forward Thinking Foundation displacement crises, and developing long-term cures for religious persecution in the world today. Canon Dr Edmund Newell Trustee AMAR ICF and Principal, Cumberland Lodge Dr Mariela Neagu Oxford University, Human Rights Department Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Chairman, AMAR ICF Dr Alastair Niven First Conference Convenor Col. (Ret) Jim Olson Trustee AMAR US Dr Mamou Farhan Othman University of Duhok Elder Otterson LDS Church Sister Otterson LDS Church Damon Parker Deputy Chairman, AMAR Copyright CopyrightElder Stan Parrish Chairman, CopyrightUtah Friends of AMAR Copyright Sister Joyce Parrish Utah Friends of AMAR Prof Martin Parsons University of Reading Khanke Camp Copyright Margaret Passmore CopyrightHead of Policy, FoRB FCO Copyright Copyright Admiral Sir James Governor, Perowne, Dr Peter Petkoff Brunel University 2021 AMAR Windsor Dialogue Conference Copyright CopyrightDr Vesna Popovski Researcher Copyright Copyright Ms Pam Prior Department of State Advisor on Human Rights This year’s conference is on for 21-23 June 2021 at the historic Cumberland Lodge, located in Ms Roza Qaidi University of York Windsor Castle Great Park. This preeminent conference focuses on the contemporary phenomenon CopyrightDr Neil Quilliam CopyrightRapporteur, Senior Consultant, Chatham House Copyrightof religious persecution and connects academic, religious andCopyright political leaders who gather to create a format to share globally with groups supporting refugees and internally displaced people. Elder Gary Sabin LDS Church Sister Sabin Church Copyright Hasem HahseenCopyright Saeed Deputy of the Prince of the Yazidis Copyright Copyright Dr Ruth Scott Mediation Expert CopyrightMr Edwin Shuker Vice PresidentCopyright Board of Deputies British Jews Copyright Copyright Dr Nezar lsmet Ta’ib Health Director, Duhok Governale, KRG Iraq His Highness Prince Tahsin Prince of the Yazidis Copyright Professor Eric TippiconicCopyright California State University Copyright Copyright Prof Malcolm Troup Emeritus Professor of Music Craig Whittaker MP House of Parliament CopyrightThe Hon Diar Yousef Grandson of the PrinceCopyright Copyright Copyright

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We have set ourselves a high goal. We want to change substantially the global approach towards Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: their pain and mental health needs addressed, and their education and skills utilised. We want them to be regarded as members of the human family. We want them befriended, revived spiritually, and restored to community life.

Patients in camp His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, Baroness Nicholson & Dr. Theodore Zeldin Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne founded the AMAR International Charitable Foundation (ICF) Our Mission in the summer of 1991, when she visited the massive refugee camps housing thousands of Iraqi people in the Khouzestan province of southern Iran. Copyright The AMAR Windsor DialogueCopyright Conference focuses on contemporary religious persecution asCopyright Copyright a driver of forced displacement, with particular emphasis on diagnosing the causes of religious The purpose of the charity was to save the lives and futures of victims of Saddam Hussein, trapped persecution, reflecting on improvement strategies, determining treatments to address displacement by conflict without the capacity to change their situation through the provision of public health, crises, and developing long-term cures for religious persecution in the world today. Copyright Copyright Copyright professional trainingCopyright and education, together with fundamental needs such as food, potable water, human sewage disposable and clothes. The Conference connects scholars, religious leaders, government officials, and practitioners in the important work of helping those who have been displaced due to a well-founded fear of persecution Since then, under the guidance of the AMAR board and through continuing professional based on their deeply held beliefs. Copyright Copyright Copyrightdevelopment AMAR has delivered over 10 million medical Copyrightconsultations and taught millions of children and young people. The AMAR board local teams have achieved extraordinary outputs at Copyright Copyright Copyright fractional cost. Copyright The partnerships of the World Health Organisation, the World Bank and UNESCO have enabled a Copyright Copyright continuewardCopyright adherence to global health and education standards whereverCopyright AMAR has worked. Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Children and families in camp Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

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Religious Persecution in the World Today: Soon after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the Council of Europe in Strasbourg created an international human rights treaty, the European Convention on Human Rights Diagnoses, Prognoses, Treatments, Cures (ECHR), and United Kingdom was the first nation to ratify the charter in 1951. Article 9 is on the freedom of thought, conscience and religion and was implemented directly from the Universal Declaration. Remarks delivered by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Articles 6 and 7 of the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court made clear that 1 August 2019 genocide and persecution are illegal, including on grounds of religion as is ‘Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion’. Although there are many historical instances of religious toleration and religious freedom it was in the context of World War II that religious freedom was launched as a global human right. United Although these and other documents enshrine the values that religious persecution is illegal and States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with one eye trained across the Atlantic viewing embattled immoral, yet persecution continues internationally. The United States Commission on International Britain, declared in his January 1941 State of the Union Address four fundamental freedoms that Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has produced its 2019 report and identified sixteen countries of made democracy worth promoting and defending. He declared: particular concern or CPC’s, meaning that these are countries whose governments ‘engage in or tolerates particularly severe religious freedom violations, meaning those that are systematic, ‘In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four ongoing, and egregious’. These are Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi essential human freedoms. Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Ten of these are on the US State Department’s list of ‘countries of particular concern’. The first is freedom of speech and expression -everywhere in the world. Copyright Copyright Copyright Moreover,Copyright the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has identified The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way - everywhere in the world. the following twelve countries as Tier 2 Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, and Turkey. These are ‘defined by the Commission as Copyright The third is freedom fromCopyright want - which, translated into world terms, means economic Copyrightnations in which the violations engaged in or toleratedCopyright by the government during 2018 are serious understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants and characterized by at least one of the elements of the “systematic, ongoing, and egregious”’. - everywhere in the world. Furthermore, USCIRF has identified ‘entities of particular concern’ or EPCs. These are ‘a non- sovereign entity that exercises significant political power and territorial control; is outside the control Copyright CopyrightThe fourth is freedom from fear—which, translated into world terms,Copyright means a world-wide of a sovereign government;Copyright and often employs violence in pursuit of its objectives’ and these include reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Taliban in Afghanistan, al-Shabaab in Somalia, Copyrightin a position to commit an act of physicalCopyright aggression against any neighbour - anywhere in the world. CopyrightHouthis in Yemen, and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Syria.Copyright That is no vision of a distant millennium. Let me now turn to the UK’s most recent Independent Review on religious persecution, the ‘Bishop of Truro’s Independent Review for the Foreign Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation.’ Support for Persecuted Christians’. This Review reminds us all that 80% of people persecuted Copyright Copyright Copyright for their faith globally are followersCopyright of Jesus Christ. Sometimes, the Independent Review asserts, President Roosevelt’s widow, Eleanor Franklin, would serve on the drafting committee of the there is a reticence to acknowledge the persecution of Christians because of the UK’s imperial Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 and colonial past, but Christian persecution is a major human rights issue and an issue facing in CopyrightDecember 1948. Article 18 of the Universal DeclarationCopyright is a powerful expansion on her husband’s particularCopyright the global south, so it affects disproportionately the poor. The bishopCopyright argues: ‘If Christians presidential statement from seven years before. are being discriminated against in one context or another you can be confident other minorities are too. So, renewing a focus on Christian persecution is actually a way of expressing our concern for all minorities who find themselves under pressure.’ Copyright CopyrightArticle 18 Copyright Copyright This was certainly the case with ISIS - Christian communities and other religious minorities, such as the Yazidis, were persecuted and exterminated during the ISIS reign of terror. In 2016 I spoke at ‘Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom Yale and Princeton universities. The Chairman of the United States Commission on International Copyrightto change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or inCopyright community with others and in public Copyright Copyright Religious Freedom, Professor Robert P. George, invited me to speak in 2016 at Princeton University or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.’ at the height of the religious persecution of the Yazidi people. In 1991, I founded the AMAR Copyright30 Copyright Copyright Copyright 31 Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

international charitable foundation in response to Saddam Hussein’s systematic persecution and degrading experience with ISIS. This contributed to combatting online grooming of British young extermination of the Marsh Arabs. ISIS were systematically destroying the Yazidis on the grounds of people to violent extremism and joining ISIS. religion. At the time, I chaired the House of Lords Select Committee on Sexual Violence in Conflict Sexual Violence in Conflict. We produced a major report a month after my visits to Princeton and At AMAR we called this ‘Escaping Darkness’ and began a campaign to help the Yazidi girls and Yale. I tried to relate how religious persecution is connected to a bundle of issues, including forced women who survived their ordeal. You see, reaching safety did not bring an end to their suffering. migration and sexual violence. Our committee report found that ‘There is a heightened risk of sexual The horrors left many deeply traumatized, suffering both mental and physical reactions to their violence during a humanitarian crisis. Our evidence identified a range of weaknesses in humanitarian harrowing ordeals. Some could not live with their memories and committed suicide. Even those responses to sexual violence in conflict. GBV and VAWG were said to be low-priority issues in who were not abducted by ISIS suffered from mental trauma - the experience of watching as friends many humanitarian responses and activities. The International Rescue Committee UK noted that in and relatives were killed in front of them, and the agony of not knowing the fate of kidnapped loved two emergencies analysed, Iraq and Sierra Leone, it took twelve and five months, respectively, for ones, continued to haunt and violently disturb them. Medical centres in Northern Iraq struggled to GBV needs to be analysed in common humanitarian assessments and documents.’ cope with this crisis. A severe shortage of trained psychiatrists resulted in limited availability of psychological services. This is where we tried, however modestly, to intervene and make a positive difference to these women and girls.

In September 2018 I participated in a significant parliamentary debate on ‘Genocide and Crimes against Humanity’. I tried to highlight one major key that my experience and analysis of genocides over time has shown: Copyright Copyright Copyright we haveCopyright to accept that religious persecution is at the heart of most of these genocides.

The systematic persecution of the Yazidi people was religious persecution: I first raised this in Copyright Copyright CopyrightParliament in the autumn of 2014 following theCopyright devastating assaults and occupations by ISIL in northern Iraq, where there were unspeakable scenes of torture and death, all supposedly validated by Muslim writings. Mr al-Baghdadi, the leader of this awfulness, claimed in his instruction letter to his assigned rapists that it was the duty of every Muslim to wipe out the Yazidis since they were Copyright Copyright Copyright devil worshippers. CopyrightHis written word - his fatwa - was followed with increasing sadism: rapes and Yazidi Choir crucifixions, drownings with cameras recording the struggles of bound victims repeated several times with the captives being re-drowned to get stronger and more salacious pictures for the web. Copyright Copyright CopyrightIt was death pornography using blameless people. Copyright As we all know, ISIS began its terror campaign across the Levant in summer 2014, murdering and kidnapping many thousands of people, destroying towns and villages and forcing more than 3 religious persecution demands an understanding of the faith under cruel assault and an acceptance million people from their homes. Among those kidnapped were an estimated 5000 Yazidi women of it as a decent way to live and worship despite - or, dare I suggest, because of - its difference from Copyright and girls.Copyright Some have suggested that this is the largest single mass abduction ofCopyright women this century. other faiths that are better tolerated.Copyright Forced to work as sex slaves, they were bought and sold like cattle in markets - many kept under lock and key and in cages or basements for months on end. They have been subjected to horrific To that end I commissioned a series of Windsor conferences where we invited representatives from Copyrightabuse - including daily rape and sexual violence, Copyrighttorture and forced marriage. The levels of brutality humanitarian,Copyright religious, academic and government organizations to considerCopyright a key question, for are almost impossible to comprehend. One Yazidi survivor, 16 year old Bushra, related: ‘A man example, one year we considered. came to me and told me he wanted to marry me’ - “I told him I wouldn’t marry him even if he killed me. Then he raped me. He was sixty years old. I was 15.” We must not forget that the justification ‘Why has religious persecution become the main driver for forced migration, and how do we stop Copyright for this was the misuseCopyright of religion. One of the survivors related how religious was used as a Copyrightpretext these atrocities from happening in the future?’Copyright for rape for girls as young as nine years old. Along the way we discussed the reality, history, intervention, and prevention of religious CopyrightWith the permission and assistance of the Her Majesty’s governmentCopyright the BBC documented the persecution, the Copyrightrole of faith in healing, justice for victims of conflict, the rule of law, Copyrightand the stories of three brave Yazidi girls who had been forced into sexual slavery and managed to escape reconstruction of societies. The Principal of Cumberland Lodge, Canon Dr Edmund Newell and give evidence in Parliament and then speak to a secondary school in Britain about their understood that there was a connection between getting Yazidis practical humanitarian aid, but also Copyright32 Copyright Copyright Copyright 33 Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

to invest in the prevention of future religious persecution: ‘As well as providing humanitarian aid, Yazidi. It was a major multifaith achievement to describe the Yazidi faith and has been accepted by we have been working closely with Yazidi representatives to improve awareness of their religion the Yazidi Prince and the Spiritual Council as the first and only accurate description of their faith. and culture and to help build bridges with people of other faiths.’ This hard interfaith work must also be at the core of our efforts. I did not want this to be a mere talking shop, so we drafted recommendations that addressed Freedom of religion or belief also includes the rights of members of large and small communities, international agencies’ involvement, improved care for displaced individuals and families, increased minorities and minorities within minorities, traditionalists and liberals, converts and reconverts, accountability for donations destined to assist the victims, strengthening federal and regional dissenters and other critical voices and, last but not least, women, who sadly still occupy laws designed to protect minorities in the Middle East, and improving protection and support for marginalised positions within many religious traditions. As Theodore Zeldin, renowned Oxford displaced children and victims. scholar and AMAR Trustee opined:

We presented our findings at Chatham House and through the Windsor Conference Series developed “Toleration is not enough, because it can easily become indifference. People want to be understood the Windsor Methodology that I would like to share with you here. It draws upon cumulative and appreciated, and to feel that they are contributing something valuable to society. lessons learned in Windsor conferences and, more importantly, by those learned in the field; and helps persecuted communities articulate their circumstances - for themselves - before policymakers, Disagreement has increased over the centuries, and is likely to increase in the future, .., as people influencers and senior religious figures with the goal of ending persecution and achieving become more educated and therefore more critical, each with an independent opinion based on the reintegration. It includes practical recommendations on how persecuted communities can build different knowledge and memory that guide each individual. We can expect more disagreement within bridges, better leverage government policies, seek philanthropic support and develop relationships and between religions; the number of denominations and independent churches increases relentlessly. Copyright Copyrightwith other faith-based groups. Copyright Copyright The Windsor Methodology is based upon six elements. Copyright First, active participationCopyright with communities affected by persecution, conflict and displacement.Copyright Copyright Second, the Conference Series has drawn upon the support - intellectual, experiential and historical Copyright Copyright- of communities who have negotiated the journey from exclusionCopyright to participation. Copyright Third, the Conference series convened intense and insightful meetings that drew together an active Copyrightgroup, including leaders and youth membersCopyright from the communities under consideration. Copyright Copyright Fourth, the series has benefitted from support of a number of faith leaders, especially from the His Royal Highness The Prince of Walesand the Yazidi Choir Church of England.

Copyright Fifth, theCopyright process has benefited enormously from the leadership of Baroness CopyrightNicholson One answer is to make disagreementCopyright fruitful, so that people from different points of view put their heads [senior parliamentarians]. together and find new horizons of equal importance to them. This means learning how to disagree. CopyrightSixth, the role played by leaders and members of Copyrightthe communities themselves. AnotherCopyright answer is to focus not on dogma, but on behaviour. It is easier toCopyright agree about what is desirable and undesirable conduct, and what ambitions are worthy. The early Christian Church was One important insight from our Windsor Conferences was that ‘Legislation and jurisdiction in many far less dogmatic than it became when combined to stamp out heresy (a word that originally states do not adequately reflect the full scope of this human right [freedom of religion, belief, and meant only ‘opinion’); and 18th century England revived this attitude. Copyright conscience] by often Copyrightrestricting its application to predefined types of religions, while excludingCopyright non- Copyright traditional beliefs and practices. Limiting the enjoyment of freedom of religion or belief to members Both answers seem to me to be worth exploring further.” of “recognised” religions is also in violation of the spirit and letter of universal human rights.’ It is Copyrightincumbent upon us to keep our own minds open to a wonderfulCopyright variety of faiths and beliefs. The In November 2018Copyright AMAR sponsored a conference in Baghdad on ending religious persecution.Copyright It was aforementioned Canon Edmund Newell of Cumberland Lodge helped to lead discussions with a the fourth in the Windsor series. AMAR believes that the recognition of the Yazidi faith by other world number of different faiths. He produced a paper and resolved the theological constraints of the religions would go a very long way to prevent further genocidal attacks on this peaceful people. Copyright34 Copyright Copyright Copyright 35 Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

AMAR has also headed an EU funded project on reducing religious conflict, specifically violence between differing religious communities in southern Iraq.

AMAR has worked with university faculty to develop a curriculum on religious tolerance, human rights and gender equality which is then taught to civil society organizations (CSOs), religious and community leaders, teachers and university professors. AMAR has worked closely with the Ministry of Education and the Directorates of Education in three locations near Basra to implement the program and to select the most appropriate locations for the initiative. A young Yazidi woman

These CSOs and religious leaders take the curriculum to the local communities. AMAR’s view is that this is more effective at eradicating sectarian violence than merely giving big speeches in New York or London. Local communities hear from their own religious leaders about religious tolerance and its Conference History and Purpose importance. Teachers and university faculty teach the curriculum in their schools and universities. Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Chair of the AMAR International Charitable Foundation, convened the first Windsor Conference on 8-11 September 2016. We established two key objectives: So far, this religious tolerance programme has reached more than 3,000 school students and it is on 1) To discover the triggers of religious persecution throughout the ages, and 2) To help people live a course to each approximately 10,800 by the end of the three-year program. Ten CSOs have been dignified life in the forbidding circumstances of the camp so that they can flourish when they leave fully trained as well as 36 religious and community leaders, representing all the faiths in Iraq. the camp. Copyright CopyrightOne of the outcomes of our Windsor deliberations hasCopyright been that for too long, the practice of Copyright The Baroness posited, “it is imperative that we investigate the root causes of centuries-old hostilities. religious persecution has been attributed to ‘unique’ and ‘distinctive’ moments of gross human Why has religious persecution become the main driver for forced migration and how do we stop misbehaviour in history. In fact, AMAR research into the subject matter, which covers over 500 these atrocities from happening in the future? We have a remarkable assembly of wisdom here. years, two continents and over half a dozen religions, shows that persecution is a permanent feature Copyright Copyright CopyrightWe must use our combined talents to bring aboutCopyright permanent change.” of our nature and should be recognised as such. With that knowledge, early warning detections systems should be set in place and timely interventions and curative actions deployed sooner. From that inaugural conference in 2016, we continue our mission and goals. Conference participants The international community missed the rise of ISIS in spite of it deploying the well-documented include scholars, religious leaders, government officials, and practitioners that support refugees. Copyright Copyrightpractice of the Nazis by identifying and marshalling its victims byCopyright age and gender. We could have Copyright They determined a series of key policy recommendations intended for the United Nations and the all saved many thousands of lives had we identified religious persecution as it was going on. international community to improve the status of persecuted religious minorities. Recommendations include clear and practical measures on assisting Iraq’s minorities, specifically the Yazidi people, This, I would suggest, is a worthy and pressing goal for a conference such as this, that is to develop Copyright Copyright Copyrightdisplaced by the genocide perpetrated by the Islamic State inCopyright 2014. Our goal is to support displaced an early warning system so that religious persecution can be nipped in the bud. persons living in camps. We want people in camps to anticipate a secure life ahead, to live in safety in their homelands or successfully elsewhere. We work to enable them to re-establish themselves in Copyright Copyright Copyright welcoming environment. Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright CopyrightYazidi Choir, Prince of the Yazidis and His Royal HighnessCopyright The Prince of Wales Copyright Copyright Chatham House Copyright36 Copyright Copyright Copyright 37 Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

Organised at the initiative of the AMAR Foundation and learning from case studies, notably, The (4) UN agencies and the international community, which support some mental health Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and the American Indians, the Conference discussed interventions should break with the ‘secular’ approach and give great consideration to what practical steps can be taken to improve mental health and well-being in camps to help refugees the role of faith in refugee and IDP lives. Greater recognition should be given to the role and displaced persons have a future be prepared for the next phase of their lives. that religion, faith, and worship play in community life. Religion is central to life in the Middle East region (and elsewhere) and an integral part to daily practice and behaviours. Religion, faith, Recommendations from these conferences are as follows: and worship help bind communities together and can help them gain individual, family, and social resilience, and move from persecution to integration. The Church of Jesus Christ The Conference proffers - with humility - the following recommendations. They pertain to general and the Latter-day Saints’ journey from persecution to integration provides an example of how recommendations on the provision of healthcare to refugees and IDPs; and, specially, to the Yazidi people. the testimony of existence, truth, belief and conviction can help transform the resilience, well-being and productivity of faith-based communities, when faced with persistent adversity. (1) Refugee and IDP camps no longer provide refuge. At the end of 2019, there were 79.5 million The international community should, therefore, recognise the value that communities themselves forcibly displaced persons worldwide, and that number trends upward every year. On average, place upon faith and the role it can play in restoring lost confidence and mobilising members to refugees spend 17 years living in camps. The needs of displaced person are outpacing the ability a common positive good. The UN and international community should actively pursue music to provide for those needs in the camps. Additionally, internal displacement increasingly and faith-based mental health interventions. happens among urban populations in cities rather than in camps, further taxing the ability to meet their needs. The UN and international community rightly focus on providing shelter as a first response to humanitarian crises. Providing material shelter is critical to protect against inclement weather. The predictable outcomes will give rise to further lost generations of displaced persons, exacerbate However, spiritual and emotional shelter is important too, but poorly recognised as such. Early Copyright Copyrightconflict and human loss, and cause extinction of cultureCopyright and civilisations such as the Yazidi, in mentalCopyright health interventions can provide disparate faith-based communities with spiritual shelter particular, but not exclusively, in the Middle East region. Unless refugee and IDP communities and rekindle a sense of belonging, hope and a conviction to work towards reintegration. Spiritual are equipped and enabled to return voluntarily or resettle, a longterm future in camps, or shelter lends itself to beginning an internal nurturing process, which in turn is vital to serving Copyright otherwise, will likely Copyrightlead to widespread discontent, anomie, and come to pose a wider securityCopyright the interests of peace-building and co-existenceCopyright and resisting the draw of extremism. The threat to host countries and beyond. UN and international community should invest in mental health interventions that provide spiritual shelter, as a first step to restoring community resilience and promoting safe and (2) Refugees and IDPs should not be seen as burdens; they are a tremendous resource, but without successful reintegration. Copyright Copyright critical interventions that attend to their mental health, well-beingCopyright and productivity, the Copyright prospect of successful re-integration will remain remote. Refugees and IDPs require targeted (5) The Conference recommends strongly that music be adopted as a tool of mental health projects that complement the UN’s Enhanced Humanitarian Response but give a higher priority care immediately. Appreciation of music is universal and it holds a unique power to cross Copyright to preparing displaced and refugeeCopyright communities to either return voluntarily or resettle. Copyright boundaries and culture and create social and spiritual connectivityCopyright amongst members of communities separated by trauma and also between different cultures and communities. The (3) Whilst the UN and international community prioritise WASH (water, sanitation and power of music to move, engender empathy and build pathways between and amongst peoples hygiene) when responding to humanitarian crises, they should give a higher priority to is known, but rarely given priority when intervening in humanitarian crises. The film director Copyright mentalCopyright health and well-being. Whilst mental health and well-being may notCopyright first appear Mick Csaky of Antelope SouthCopyright Ltd, in conjunction with AMAR and its network, plan to stage essential issues to international organisations and donors, they are, in fact, critical to not only and film a major concert in an IDP camp in the Kurdish region of Iraq, which will create helping displaced communities address traumas suffered, but also preparing them for re-integration momentum and a legacy to begin a series of workshops, including music therapy, health, Copyright when time and circumstance allow. It is crucialCopyright to put in place early interventions to help Copyrightinterfaith dialogue and a focus on children. The concert will provide theCopyright UN and international communities affected by conflict begin to address the effects of such trauma, which have a long- community with a clear opportunity to engage and support a high-level mental health and well- term and detrimental impact upon societies. Without early mental health interventions, the being intervention and sustain its programme of activities. prospect for successful reintegration of displaced communities in home countries, or otherwise, Copyright remains extremelyCopyright low. Concomitantly, it stores up widespread and complex issues that Copyrightbecome (6) The Windsor Conference calls upon theCopyright UN and the international community to invest manifest in the future and create nearly insurmountable challenges to those affected. in programmes that recognise and prioritise the importance of mental health and well- being. Gaining individual, family, and social resilience through music, culture, and worship, will Copyright Whilst there are numerous approaches to addressing mentalCopyright health issues, the Windsor complementCopyright the UN’s cluster approach on protection, provision of legal documentation,Copyright Conference identified two approaches particularly pertinent to the Middle East, and especially, protection of land and property rights, prevention and response to sexual and gender-based the Yazidi people: faith and worship; and music. violence (SGBV), peace building and co-existence activities, amongst others. 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The Yazidis

(7) The UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Syria concluded in June 2016 that ISIS committed genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes against the Yazidi people. The Yazidis have a long history of persecution and speak of having suffered seventy-four genocides. A key reason for this sustained hostility is religious: for centuries the Yazidis have been portrayed as ‘devil worshippers’. This accusation is false, yet it persists and is highly destructive. The Windsor Conference calls upon the world religions to recognise Yazidism as a world faith. Bishop Alastair Redfern and Canon Dr Edmund Newell have consulted with the Yazidi Spiritual Council in order to capture the essence of their teaching and practice, so that work can be done to enable governments and faith communities to better understand, empathise, and support this much persecuted people. Recognition that Yazidism is a world faith would help mitigate against AMAR in the marshlands further systematic persecution and genocide pursuant to the Westminster Declaration and the Muslim Declaration. To further that aim, national governments, including the United States and the United Kingdom should agree with the conclusions of the COI report and recognise that the Yazidi people were subject to genocide committed by ISIS.

(8) Music, faith and spirituality are central tenets of the Yazidi people. Music provides an essential Copyright Copyright means of connecting members of the Yazidi peopleCopyright and, in particular, transmitting knowledge of Copyright the faith, which is unwritten or codified. The importance of shared experiences in the form of music and dance, therefore, is essential to the identity, self-value and selfworth of the Yazidi About AMAR Foundation Copyright people. Its value isCopyright increased at a time of displacement, when social connections are brokenCopyright Copyright or disrupted. As such, the forced displacement of the Yazidi people by ISIS continues to pose an existential threat and unless immediate measures are taken to preserve facets of Yazidi culture, which are critical to the well-being of the community, then it is in danger of extinction. OUR WORK we believe that basic service provision and long-term capacity building, combined with global health Copyright Copyright The UN and international community should support mentalCopyright health activities that utilise Copyright research and advocacy can rebuild lives in a systematic and profound way. music, culture, art and faith not only for restorative purposes, but also to support Music and spiritual therapy are critical to developing well-being integration and reintegration. OUR APPROACH Copyright amongst community members andCopyright creating a desire, will and longing to return home, voluntarily. Copyright Copyright After nearly 25 years in the field, we’ve developed a robust model for sustaining essential services It will help build the resilience of the Yazidi people and assist greatly with re-integration, as it and securing service delivery structures that is proven to restore health, education, will strengthen and help restore identity, belonging, confidence, community building, shelter and livelihoods. Copyright productivityCopyright and engender the spirit of helping others, who are not the same.Copyright Copyright RESPOND TO THE CRISIS The Windsor Conference calls upon the UN and the international community to give special AMAR delivers frontline emergency services to refugees, internally displaced people and other priority to the Yazidi people in addressing its specific mental health and wellbeing, as a means underserved populations suffering from the often devastating effects of human-made and natural Copyrightof developing new best practices to be replicatedCopyright elsewhere. The reintegration of refugee and Copyright Copyright humanitarian disasters. IDP communities poses one of the most significant challenges of our times - the failure to help such communities re-integrate will have a direct impact upon us all. The UN and international community should take seriously and reconsider its approach to mental health and well-being of refugees and IDPs. REBUILD THE COMMUNITY Copyright Copyright CopyrightAMAR delivers public and primary healthcare servicesCopyright to underserved populations throughout the Middle Evidence shows that war-related traumas travel at least three generations, so the issues that affect today’s East, building on existing capacity to install lasting and sustainable improvements to public health. refugees and displaced persons will be felt for at least the next sixty years, so require policymakers. Copyright Copyright CopyrightRESTORE SELF-SUFFICIENCY Copyright AMAR delivers a range of education projects to benefit both adults and children which are designed to generate lasting improvements in the ability of both individuals and communities to prosper and grow. Copyright40 Copyright Copyright Copyright 41 Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright Copyright

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The Board Canon Dr. Edmund Newell Dr Hayder Hassan MBCHB FRCS(ENG) FRCEM Dr Theodore Zeldin CBE FBA, President Mr Damon Parker, Vice Chairman Mr Michael Boardman, Chair of Finance & General Purposes Committee Mr Siddik Bakir Mr Mohammad Charchafchi Mr Stanley B. Parrish Ms Sharlene Hawkes Professor David Kerr C.B.E FMedSci FRCP The Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Chairman The Rt. Revd. Dr Alastair Redfern, Chairman Windsor Dialogue

Management Mr Andrew Methven, Chief of Staff Mr Chris Frost, Treasurer Dr Ali Jawad, Iraq Operations Director

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