UN to vote to help Iraq collect evidence against Islamic State

The UN Security Council is in the last stage of a resolution that would authorise UN investigators to help Iraq collect evidence against Islamic State terrorists to prosecute them for possible war crimes.
A council diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because negotiations are private, said on Saturday that the council hopes to vote next Thursday.
The draft resolution would ask Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to establish an investigative team to assist Iraq in preserving evidence "that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide" committed by IS.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari wrote to Guterres last month saying it was working on a draft resolution with Britain. Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney had urged Iraq's prime minister in March to send a letter seeking UN assistance.