ACLJ Confronts UN on ISIS Genocide Against Christians

The American Center for Law and Justice confronted the U.N. Security Council Tuesday about the ISIS genocide against Christians, Yazidis, and other religious and ethnic minorities.

The ACLJ is calling on the council to implement the U.N.'s Genocide Convention to stop the killings.  

The organization announced it delivered a statement of facts and legal arguments to each of the council's member nations: Angola, China, Egypt, France, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

"The United Nations continues to do nothing," a blog on the ACLJ web page reads. "They have yet to even formally admit, as a body, that genocide is occurring."

"The United Nations Security Council has a significant role to play according to the Genocide Convention, but they have yet to meaningfully engage," it continued.

ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow also spoke out against the genocide:

"Christians are being tortured, executed, and burned alive in locked caskets," he said in an email. "Boys have their fingertips cut off. Missionaries are crucified for refusing to renounce Christ."

"Christians are pleading for help, 'No one cares about us like we are not human,'" he continued. "This indescribable evil must be stopped."

The ACLJ says individuals have a duty to speak up for people who are persecuted for their faith:

"We are obligated to demand that those in leadership take action, real action, to confront the evil, stop the genocide, and protect the victims." 

The ACLJ's petition entitled, "Stop the Genocide. Protect Christians," has more than 231,000 signatures.

CBN News reached out to the U.N. for comment. A spokesperson said the U.N. does not comment on news stories and referred CBN News to the United States Mission to the United Nations. The U.S. Mission to the U.N. has not yet responded to our inquiry.