Murad was among several Yazidis kidnapped and held in sexual slavery by IS fighters in Iraq in 2014 (AP)
A UN investigation into crimes committed by IS was formed in 2017 and began collecting and preserving evidence in August. Trials of IS fighters conducted by Iraqi and Syrian forces have come under criticism from human rights groups who claim the proceedings are rushed, flawed and often reliant on confessions extracted under torture.
"So far we have not seen justice happen for the Yazidis, especially the victims of sexual slavery," Murad said.
We must work together to put an end to genocide, hold accountable those who commit these crimes and achieve justice for the victims
– Nadia Murad
In 2015, she briefed the United Nations Security Council on the issue of human trafficking and conflict, and since September 2016 has served as the goodwill ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations (UNODC).
A year later, she was also awarded the European parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize with another young Yazidi woman, Lamiya Aji Bashar.
Murad was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Denis Mukwege, a gynaecologist who treats victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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