KGNA About Us

Adalat Omar,

Genocide Researcher and Founder of KGNA

Born in 1970 in Southern Kurdistan, Adalat Omar is a Senior Advisor, author, and researcher specializing in genocide studies. For nearly 28 years, she has engaged in both practical and theoretical work in this field, focusing on documenting oral histories, written records, and visual archives of crimes committed against the Kurdish people over the past century—particularly during the Ba'ath regime (1968–2003), including genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

Part of her work is dedicated to defending the rights of victims' families. She has published numerous articles and conducted extensive field research on the social, economic, and psychological conditions of victims’ families, especially women.

As a child, she and her family—like thousands of other Kurdish families—were victims of the Ba'ath regime’s crimes. This painful experience profoundly shaped her life and career, motivating her to raise awareness and pursue justice.

Adalat Omar is the author of five books on genocide and has published more than 20 research papers in this field:

  • The Anfal Genocide and Its Impact on the Families of Victims
  • Anfal and Kurdish Women
  • From the Language of Documents
  • The Silence of International Communities Regarding the Genocide of Kurds
  • The Barzani Genocide

She has participated in numerous national and international conferences on genocide and has received several awards in recognition of her research and contributions to the field. She is currently preparing a comprehensive publication of the Kurdistan Genocide National Archive project.

بێدەنگی نەتەوەیەکگرتووەکان بەرامبەر جینۆسایدی گەلی کوردستان- ئەنفال وەک نمونە

Anfal campaigns and their impacts on the surviving women

شاڵاوەكانی ئەنفال و كاریگەری لەسەرباری ئابووری ودەرونی و كۆمەڵایەتی ئافرەتی بە جێماوەی ئەنفال

ئەنفال – جینۆساید و ئافرەتی کورد و كاریگەرییەكانی لە سەر باری كۆمەڵایەتی و دەرونی- پرزنتیشن

The United Nation’s Silence on Genocide in Kurdistan

لە زمانی بەڵگەنامەکان – بەرگی یەکەم

ئەنفال و ئافرەتی کورد

JUSTICE

About Us and Future Vision

Advancing justice anf upholding the rule of law are centeral principales.

Preserving and developing the national archive of the genocide of the Kurdish people for future generations remains a core commitment

The Kurdistan Genocide National Archives (KGNA) is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Kurdish people and their historical experiences. Our mission is to document and raise awareness about the crimes committed against the Kurdish population, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and Genocide.

Our vision for the future is to establish a comprehensive and accessible archive as a valuable resource for research, education, and promoting justice. We strive to ensure that the atrocities and injustices the Kurdish people face are acknowledged and understood and prevent their repetition.

We aim to provide a platform for historical truth and justice by collecting, preserving, and organizing archival records, documents, and testimonies. Our archive will serve as a testament to the resilience and strength of the Kurdish people and a reminder of the importance of upholding human rights and preventing future atrocities.

Through professional research, collaboration with international institutions, and engagement with the global community, we seek to create a world where Genocide and human rights abuses are never tolerated.

Our future efforts include expanding the scope of the archive, improving accessibility to information, and promoting dialogue and reconciliation.

We contribute to a more inclusive and compassionate world by remembering the past, understanding its complexities, and working towards a just future.

Preserving historical memory and investigating the facts are essential for recovery, reconciliation, and preventing future atrocities.

Together with our like-minded friends and experts in Kurdish society and other societies worldwide, we strive to build a brighter future based on justice, dignity, and respect for all individuals and communities.

Our work here is based on 27 years of work, activity, research, and experience in the field of Genocide, including practical, theoretical, and virtual research, as well as field trips to countries with relevant experiences of Genocide, including the Holocaust Memorial Museum and the International Commission on Missing Persons, and the Institute for Genocide Studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Field trips to various genocide sites, Anfal, chemical attacks in Kurdistan, collecting written and visual documents, and oral history of their relatives are part of our efforts. 

Participation in dozens of international conferences ،congresses on Genocide aims to archive and create a central database of missing persons with the following objectives:

1. Spreading knowledge about the genocide and disappeared people in Iraq and Kurdistan.

2. Understanding Iraq's international legal obligations regarding material and spiritual compensation, protection, and the digging of mass graves.

3. Identify data protection and document collection requirements.

4. Collect the personal information of missing persons.

5. Standardize all categories of missing persons for Genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

6. Archiving is an integral part of a nation's identity and plays a vital role in preserving the history of a country. It is also considered a fundamental aspect of transitional justice.

7. Archiving enables the documentation, study, explanation, and revelation of historical events, passing them from generation to generation.

8. It serves as a bridge connecting the past, the present, and the future, preventing forgetfulness and avoiding repeating historical mistakes.

9. Archiving is essential for providing compensation to the victims.

10. Documents are invaluable in making fair and impartial decisions; nothing is more valuable than well-documented evidence.

 Adalat Omar
 Author & Researcher