A Frankfurt court on Tuesday sentenced an Iraqi to life in prison for joining an Islamic State group for genocide against the Yezidi minority.

Taha Al-Jumai, 29, was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity resulting in death, war crimes, aiding war crimes and personal injury resulting in death, including the murder of a Yezidi girl in Iraq. The jihadist was accused of enslaving a five-year-old girl in 2015, chaining her and leaving her to die of thirst, according to the BBC..

The proceedings were suspended as the defendant fainted in court when the verdict was announced.

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“Today is a historic day for humanity, and the Yazidi genocide has finally entered the history of international criminal law.. We will make sure that more such trials are carried out, ”said Natia Navruzova, a lawyer and member of the Yazda NGO, which collects evidence of crimes committed by IS against the Yezidis..

Germany, home to a large Yezidi community, is one of the few countries to have prosecuted such abuses..

German courts have already passed five convictions against women for crimes against humanity involving Yezidis committed in territories controlled by IS.

On Tuesday, the Naumburg prosecutor's office accused a German woman named Leonora M. aiding crimes against humanity after she and her IS husband enslaved a Yazidi woman in Syria in 2015.

Germany has accused several German and foreign nationals of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed abroad, using the legal principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows offenses to be prosecuted even if they were committed in a foreign country.

“It doesn't matter where the crimes were committed, and it doesn't matter where the criminals are, thanks to universal jurisdiction, they cannot hide and will still be brought to justice.”.

Yazidis, a Kurdish-speaking minority, faced harassment by IS after a group of jihadists seized large swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq in 2014.