Yazidi Declaration Referendum (English)

Yazidi "Declaration of Self-Representation" (English copy) ratified by democratic referendum in June 2019, certified by an international Court, declaring ancient Yazidi sovereignty and indigenous ethnic identity independent from modern Kurds.
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Article 1 – The indigenous 
nation of Yazidi People the 
original most ancient native 
ethnic 
religious 
people 
of 
Mesopotamia since 10,600 BC 
who ruled the region by our 
sovereign Kingdom of Ezidkhan 
for 4,000 years from ca. 2,450 
BC to 1534 AD recognized as an 
indigenous nation by League of 
Nations in 1925 AD 
 
Represented by our traditional ethnic cultural and religious 
tribal leaders assembled in Sinjar as the heart of our native 
ancestral lands where We stood and fought over many 
centuries to defend our Yazidi People and Christians and 
other minorities against persecution:  Including the Yazidi 
Tribal Leadership Council and Yazidi 
Independent 
Supreme Council representing the Yazidi People of Iraq 
and worldwide 
 
Declare our right as an ancient indigenous nation to Self-
Representation by our own ethnic Yazidi Sovereign Chief 
Prince qualified and elected under Yazidi Law as customary 
international law for Self-Representation in our own name 
with our own voice with our own seat at the table in 
governmental relations in Iraq and the international 
community under conventional international law and 
human rights and under the Constitution of the modern 
Republic of Iraq 
 
 
Article 2 – We declare the following Truth of our unique and 
exclusive Yazidi national identity proven by the historical record 
universities and encyclopedias: 
 
Our Yazidi language emerged in 500 BC thus 10,100 years after the 
Yazidi nation and 1,950 years after the Ezidkhan Kingdom and was 
not called “Kurmanji” nor considered “Kurdish” until as late as 1787 
AD thus 2,287 years after it was our own native Yazidi language 
 
The modern Kurdish identity of non-Yazidi ethnic Arabs was not 
established until Kurdish Nationalism first emerged in 1880 AD by 
Sheikh Ubeydullah leading defense against the Ottoman Empire 
demanding an independent Kurdistan thus 12,480 years after the 
Yazidi nation 4,330 years after the Ezidkhan Kingdom 2,380 years 
after the Yazidi language and 93 years after our language was called 
“Kurmanji” 
 
The League of Nations in 1925 AD recognized our Yazidi People as an 
indigenous nation separate from the Kurds 
 
The United Nations Refugee Agency in 2007 recognized Yazidis as 
the original indigenous people different from the Kurds 
 
The Human Rights Watch field inspections in 2009 documented that 
Yazidis are not Kurds but rather are the independent indigenous 
people unified in alliance with Christians and other minority groups 
who are also not Kurds 
 
The United Nations Human Rights Council in 2016 recognized the 
Yazidi ethnic identity as separate from Kurds and declared the need 
for proper legal identification of ethnic Yazidis 
 
 
Article 3 – We therefore declare as a matter of fact and matter of law 
that We the Yazidi People are not Kurds and that the modern Kurds 
are not Yazidis and thus Kurds cannot represent our ancient Yazidi 
People: 
 
 Any and all statements by ethnic Yazidis past present or future 
anywhere in the world identifying as “Kurds” are declared as factually 
and legally false and mistaken 
 
 Any and all statements by groups which have their own non-Yazidi 
identity claiming to be “Yazidis” are declared as false and would 
constitute unlawful suppression and misappropriation of the ancient 
Yazidi indigenous ethnic identity contributing to Genocide in 
violation of international law and human rights 
 
 Any and all statements by non-Yazidi groups claiming to 
“represent” the Yazidi People are declared as legally false and would 
constitute international crimes of deprivation of the right of self-
determination and interference in the sovereign affairs of the 
indigenous Yazidi People in violation of international law and human 
rights 
 
 Any and all statements by non-Yazidi groups claiming to “protect” 
the Yazidi People if used to prevent or replace Yazidi independent 
self-defense would constitute international crimes of deprivation of 
the rights of safety and security of our Yazidi People in violation of 
international law and human rights 
 
 Any and all humanitarian or military aid or support given to non-
Yazidi groups claimed to  benefit “Yazidis” are declared misdirected 
only for political ambitions of non-Yazidi regions giving no benefit to 
our ethnic Yazidi People 
 
 
Article 4 – We declare that We the Yazidi People as the original 
indigenous ethnic religious nation of Iraq will engage in peaceful 
cooperation and mutual support with non-Yazidi regions only insofar 
as they respect our own separate ancient Yazidi identity and uphold 
all of our human rights and indigenous rights under international law  
 
Towards this goal the Yazidi nation shall cooperate with non-Yazidi 
regions only from the legal standing of our own sovereignty acting 
through our own Self-Representation by our own Self-Determination 
under our own Self-Governance 
 
The Yazidi nation shall engage with non-Yazidi autonomous regions 
only as separate but equal governments by sovereign diplomatic 
protocols only through their leaders who most respect our ethnic 
identity and legal rights 
 
 
Article 5 – We declare our rights as an indigenous people and 
demand Equal Protection of Law by enforcement of international law 
and human rights by the modern State of Iraq and the international 
community under the framework of United Nations conventions 
including: 
 
 The right of Self-Representation of our own ethnic identity in our 
own name with our own voice by our own freely chosen 
representatives under UN Declaration of Human Rights (Articles 6, 
21.1) UN Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Articles 18-19, 27, 36-37) and 
UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Articles 16, 25) 
 
 The right of Self-Determination and Self-Governance of our own 
indigenous political and local affairs under UN Rights of Indigenous 
Peoples (Articles 3-5) UN Covenant on Social and Cultural Rights 
(Article 1) and UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 1) 
 
 The right Against Forced Assimilation in any non-Yazidi 
autonomous region under UN Declaration of Human Rights (Article 
20.2) and UN Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Articles 8, 33) 
 
 The right of Direct Humanitarian Aid from the Iraqi government 
and the international community to our own Yazidi People not 
misdirected only to non-Yazidi groups under UN Rights of 
Indigenous Peoples (Article 39) 
 
 The right of Equal Protection of Law to independently and directly 
receive the same rights as granted to non-Yazidi groups under UN 
Declaration of Human Rights (Articles 2, 7) UN Covenant on Social 
and Cultural Rights (Article 2.2) and UN Covenant on Civil and 
Political Rights (Articles 2.1, 26) 
 
 The right of Safety and Security including our own independent 
self-defense against Genocide under UN Declaration of Human 
Rights (Articles 3, 12) UN Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Articles 7, 
30) and UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Articles 6.3, 9.1, 
17) 
 
 The right to freely use our Ancestral Territories under UN 
Declaration of Human Rights (Article 12) UN Rights of Indigenous 
Peoples (Articles 10, 12.1, 25-26, 32) and UN Covenant on Civil and 
Political Rights (Article 12) 
 
 The right to Restore Ezidkhan Kingdom as the historical sovereign 
nation state to exercise our rights of Self-Representation and Self-
Determination under UN Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Articles 5, 9, 
18, 20, 34) 
 
 Furthermore All of These Rights are binding upon all countries 
even non-signatory countries as universal principles of customary law 
regardless of recognition under UN Convention on the Law of 
Treaties (Article 38) 
 
 
Article 6 – We therefore exercise our rights of Self-Representation 
and Self-Determination to declare the following Truth of Yazidi Law 
on Succession of our Yazidi Sovereign Chief Prince proven by the 
historical record universities and encyclopedias: 
 
Royal Succession for the Sovereign Chief Prince of our Yazidi People 
as an indigenous nation is determined by ancient Yazidi Law, 
established by the Rule of Succession (Qanuna Sarortie) and Rule of 
Coronation (Qanuna Khalatkrin) from Sheikh Adi ca. 1120 AD, as 
confirmed by the Proclamation of Sharaf ad-Din (Qesida Serfedin) of 
1246 AD: 
 
 The rules of Succession and Coronation require that a candidate 
“must have both parents from one of the six Yazidi Royal Houses” 
 
 These Rules require that a candidate “must not be associated with 
political parties” and specifically must be “associated with non-
Kurdish companions” thus prohibited from and disqualified by being 
controlled or managed by non-Yazidi political leaders 
 
 The Proclamation of Sharaf ad-Din requires that the Chief Prince 
of the Yazidi nation must be a “Prince of Justice” defending Yazidi 
rights (3.3), who must actively “Refresh the Crown by right and 
merit” meaning accomplishments restoring our historical Kingdom of 
Ezidkhan (6.2, 7.2) 
 
 
Article 7 – We the Yazidi People therefore uphold our ancient Yazidi 
Law to freely exercise our right of Self-Determination under modern 
international law by independent election of our own Sovereign Chief 
Prince to represent our collective right of Self-Representation in local 
and in international affairs: 
 
 The Sovereign Chief Prince of our indigenous nation of Yazidi 
People shall be qualified and elected by and for our Yazidi People 
under Yazidi Law 
 
 The Mandate of our Sovereign Chief Prince shall be the sacred 
right and obligation to serve as Head of State and Chief Diplomat of 
the indigenous Yazidi nation to fully and exclusively exercise our 
right of Self-Representation 
 
 That Mandate shall include fulfilling the Will of the People to 
restore our Ezidkhan Kingdom as the most official institution of 
diplomatic status for effective Self-Representation and to establish a 
Constitutional Elective Monarchy with a democratic Government by 
and for our Yazidi People 
 
 
By Decree of We the Yazidi People by the Yazidi Tribal Leadership 
Council and Yazidi Independent Supreme Council representing the 
Yazidi People of Iraq and worldwide for Us Our heirs and successors  
 
 
In Witness whereof We have 
caused these Our Letters to be made Patent 
 
Witnessed this 22nd day of June  
in modern year 2019  
 
Ratified and Issued by Our official signatures  
on the following pages 
 
 
 
 
   
Judiciary Certification of Referendum Monitoring  
 
Yazidi Sovereign Declaration of Self-Representation 
 
25 July 2019 
 
Sovereign Court of International Justice (SCIJ) is an Official Body of an inter-governmental organization (IGO), thus an 
autonomous “subject of international law” (UN Law of Treaties, 2.1(i), 3) with independent sovereignty (§3(c)), 
established by Charter of its host IGO (§5).  SCIJ is an official Court of Law, with universal jurisdiction over all matters 
involving international law (UN Declaration of Human Rights, 10, 28; UN Remedy for Human Rights, 3(c), 4, 5, 12, 14; 
UN Right to Protect Human Rights, 1, 3, 5, 9.1-9.2, 9.3(c), 9.4; UN Justice for Abuse of Power, 5, 7; UN Rights of 
Indigenous Peoples, 17.1, 37, 40).  Its official powers and authorities are supra-governmental, fully binding upon all 
countries (UN Independence of Judiciary, Pre: ¶1, ¶10, Art. 3, 4), regardless of recognition (UN Law of Treaties, 38).  All 
States have “obligations” to “assist” and “enforce foreign judgments” of “international judicial organs” (UN Remedy, 
Pre: ¶8, Art. 4, 5, 17).  Any “failure to act” is criminal “abuse of power” (UN Right to Protect, 10; UN Prosecutors, 15). 
 
The SCIJ High Court hereby certifies the following legal facts under international law: 
 
Duly appointed Protocol Officers and Compliance Judges of the Court have monitored 
the sovereign declaration and democratic referendum process by the indigenous 
nation of the Yazidi People, represented by the Yazidi Tribal Leadership Council and 
Yazidi Independent Supreme Council in Sinjar, Iraq, during April – June 2019. 
 
The Court thereby verified and thus witnesses the valid legal signatures of the relevant 
competent tribal and cultural leaders, including some duly authorized proxy 
signatories, officially ratifying the Declaration of Self-Representation (developed by 
Prince Naif bin Dawud bin Sulaiman), issued as a Constitutional Charter under 
customary international law, legally enacted on 22 June 2019. 
 
Legalized Signatures – This historic legal instrument, legally reasserting the Yazidi 
ethnic identity, and reestablishing the Ezidkhan Kingdom as a sovereign subject of 
international law, was signed by the following qualified electorates: 
 
250 representative Yazidi leaders, including:  40 Princes of the ruling Royal House of 
Dawud Bak of the Qatani Sheikhs, 61 Religious leaders, 30 Tribal leaders, 49 Political & 
Government leaders, 42 Army and Police officers, and 28 Cultural leaders (all shown 
with the declarations); 
 
5,000 representative Yazidi professionals, entrepreneurs, journalists, students, 
activists and volunteers (preserved in archive); 
 
30,000 representative Yazidi civilians of the Nineveh Governorate, concentrated in the 
Sinjar, Sheikhan, Al-Hamdaniya and Akre Districts of Iraq (preserved in archive). 
 
This represents a total of 35,250 signatures of all Yazidis who were accessible to the 
authorized Sinjar tribal leaders for verification of indigenous status, proportionally 
representative of the general population of the Yazidi People worldwide. 
 
Judiciary Recognition – The Court hereby establishes Judiciary Recognition that this 
Declaration by referendum is a valid, binding and enforceable sovereign legal 
instrument under conventional international law, exercising the rights of Self-
Representation, Self-Determination and Self-Governance, under the UN Declaration of 
Human Rights (Articles 6, 21.1), Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Articles 3-5, 18-19, 27, 
36-37), and Civil and Political Rights (Articles 1, 16, 25). 
 
Therefore, the Court officially recognizes the Yazidi Declaration of Self-Representation, 
having equal status among the national declarations of independence of countries, 
enacted by the indigenous nation state of the Yazidi People worldwide, as a sovereign 
subject of international law. 
 
Signature Pages Classified – The Court has ordered the signature pages Classified 
under Judicial Secrecy, to protect the physical security of all Yazidi leaders who are 
signatories, against witnessed criminal threats and interference by the leading Barzani 
faction of Kurdistan.  Signatures are thus provided only to Presidential Administrations 
and Foreign Ministries through Diplomatic channels on a “need to know” basis.   
 
Any unauthorized disclosures of the Classified Signatures shall be subject to Contempt 
of Court Orders and prosecution for the international crimes of victim retaliation 
(UN Responsibility to Protect Human Rights, Article 12.2), violation of privacy rights 
inciting or causing threats to personal security (UN Declaration of Human Rights, 
Articles 12, 3; UN Civil & Political Rights, Articles 17, 9), and violation against the Court 
authority to enforce Judiciary Secrecy (UN Independence of Judiciary, Articles 4, 15). 
 
 
Officially Issued with Judiciary Authority under International Law: 
 
 
______________________________ 
Princess Judge Kunda of Bemba, LL.M., J.S.D. 
Chief Justice of the High Court 
Sovereign Court of International Justice (SCIJ) 
www.iv-university.org/sovereign-court