               United Nations                                                                    S/RES/2544 (2020)
               Security Council                                                  Distr.: General
                                                                                 18 September 2020




               Resolution 2544 (2020)
               Adopted by the Security Council on 18 September 2020

                    The Security Council,
                    Reaffirming its resolutions 1265 (1999), 1325 (2000), 1368 (2001), 1373 (2001),
               1624 (2005), 1894 (2009), 2106 (2013), 2150 (2014), 2170 (2014), 2178 (2014), 2199
               (2015), 2242 (2015), 2249 (2015), 2253 (2015), 2322 (2016), 2331 (2016), 2341
               (2017), 2347 (2017), 2354 (2017), 2367 (2017), 2368 (2017), 2370 (2017), 2490
               (2019) and its relevant presidential statements,
                    Reaffirming its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence
               and unity of Iraq, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the
               United Nations,
                     Recalling that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as
               Da’esh) constitutes a global threat to international peace and security through its
               terrorist acts, its violent extremist ideology, its continued gross, systematic and
               widespread attacks directed against civilians, its violations of international
               humanitarian law and abuses of human rights, particularly those committed against
               women and children, and including those motivated by religious or ethnic grounds,
               and its recruitment and training of foreign terrorist fighters whose threat affects all
               regions and Member States,
                     Condemning the commission of acts by ISIL (Da’esh) involving murder,
               kidnapping, hostage-taking, suicide bombings, enslavement, sale into or otherwise
               forced marriage, trafficking in persons, rape, sexual slavery and other forms of sexual
               violence, recruitment and use of children, attacks on critical infrastructure, as well as
               its destruction of cultural heritage, including archaeological sites, and trafficking of
               cultural property,
                     Recognizing that the commission of such acts which may amount to war crimes,
               crimes against humanity or genocide, is part of the ideology and strategic objectives
               of ISIL (Da’esh), and used by ISIL (Da’esh) as a tactic of terrorism, and that holding
               ISIL (Da’esh) members accountable, particularly those who bear the greatest
               responsibility, including in terms of leadership, which can include regional or mid
               level commanders, and the ordering and commission of crimes, will further expose
               this, and could assist in countering terrorism and violent extremism which can be
               conducive to terrorism, including by stemming financing and the continued flow of
               international recruits to the terrorist group ISIL (Da’esh),




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                    Welcoming the considerable efforts of the Government of Iraq to defeat ISIL
               (Da’esh), and recalling its letter to the Secretary-General and Security Council dated
               9 August 2017 calling for the assistance of the international community to ensure that
               members of ISIL (Da’esh) are held accountable for their crimes in Iraq, including
               where those may amount to crimes against humanity ( S/2017/710),
                    1.   Reaffirms its resolution 2379 (2017), by which the Investigative Team,
               headed by a Special Adviser, was established; and recalls the terms of reference
               approved by the Council (S/2018/119);
                    2.    Takes note of the request from the Government of Iraq contained in its letter
               dated 16 September 2020 (S/2020/909) and decides to extend until 18 September 2021
               the mandate of the Special Adviser and the Team, with any further extension to be
               decided at the request of the Government of Iraq, or any other government that has
               requested the Team to collect evidence of acts that may amount to war crimes, crimes
               against humanity, or genocide, committed by ISIL (Da’esh) in its territory, in
               accordance with its resolution 2379 (2017);
                     3.    Requests the Secretary-General to align the term of the Special Adviser
               with the term of this mandate and to renew the Special Adviser’s term to 18 September
               2021;
                    4.   Requests the Special Adviser to continue to submit and present reports to
               the Council on the team’s activities every 180 days;
                    5.    Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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