Diplomats agreed by unanimous consent to approve a nearly $1.2 million (€930,000) UN fact-finding mission at a daylong special session of the 47-nation Human Rights Council.
Iraq’s request for the UN to investigate alleged abuses by the extremist group was included in a resolution that more broadly condemns the group’s severe tactics but also calls on Iraq’s government to protect human rights.
Its aim is to provide the Geneva-based council with a report and evidence next March that could shed further light on Iraqi atrocities and be used as part of any international war crimes prosecution.