UNITAD and Nineveh Court of Appeal Acknowledge Close Collaboration and Successful Completion of Digitization Project Preserving Millions of Pages of ISIL-Related Evidence

During the meeting, the Acting Special Advisor thanked Judge Raed Hameed Al-Muslih for his close collaboration and support, underscoring the successful completion of UNITAD’s Digitization Project, as supported by Iraqi counterparts and the European Union.  

In the context of this project, over 18 million pages of documentary evidence, gathered by Iraqi authorities, have been digitized, ensuring the preservation and storage of these records for future use in investigations and prosecutions of ISIL (Da’esh) perpetrators. 

UNITAD established a dedicated team and leveraged state-of-the-art technology and advanced equipment for this project in 2020, which was reinforced by comprehensive specialized in-house training to the judiciary.

 The collection in the Nineveh Court of Appeal now includes over 4 million pages of judicial and investigative documents related to ISIL (Da’esh)’s crimes, all processed. In addition, several hundred electronic devices previously utilized by ISIL (Da’esh) operatives have been submitted to the courts in Nineveh, where UNITAD’s forensic expertise has been instrumental in extracting and analyzing digital evidence.

 Judge Raed Hameed Al-Muslih expressed his gratitude to UNITAD for the collaboration over the past years and recognized the important role of the Team in supporting the Court to ensure swift and efficient access to both evidence and historical documents.

The close cooperation between UNITAD and Iraqi judicial authorities to support accountability efforts for ISIL (Da’esh) crimes, in Iraq and third States, was also highlighted during the meeting.