Lolita C.

Type of liability
Personne physique

Alleged perpetrator(s)
Lolita C.

Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
French

Legal classification of crime(s)
Genocide
Complicity in genocide

Ongoing proceedings
oui

Regime
4 - 113 CP

Summary of facts

Lolita C., a French national, lived in Syria with her four children and her husband Lakhdar S., a member of the Strasbourg network who had joined the ranks of the Islamic State group.

She is suspected of having enslaved a Yazidi girl in 2017, while she was living in Syria.

She is also suspected of having co-run a “women’s house” or of having learned how to handle weapons, such as the Kalashnikov.

She was detained in a Kurdish camp and then deported from Turkey to France.
Amnesty International France recalls that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.

Legal proceedings

In August 2021: Lolita C., a French national, returns from Syria. She is indicted in France for terrorist criminal conspiracy and for “failure by a parent to fulfill legal obligations”. She is placed in pre-trial detention. 
In June 2024: in addition to existing prosecutions for terrorist offenses, she is also indicted for genocide “against Yazidi victims”. 
December 19, 2025: a closing order (ordonnance de règlement) is issued, ending the judicial investigation. 
January 19, 2026: the Public Prosecutor’s Office requests a trial for “complicity in genocide”.

Legal issues

Cumulative charges (terrorism and international crimes)

Complaint

non

Legal basis for jurisdiction (article)

113-6 PC

Sources

JusticeInfo, "Minorité Yézidie: Nouvelle mise en examen en France d'une "revenante" de Syrie poursuivie pour génocide", 2024

JusticeInfo, "Minorité Yézidie: Procès requis à Paris contre une "revenante" de Syrie, accusée de complicité de génocide", 2026

Trial International, "Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2026"