Hasso Hurmi stands as a leading Yazidi scholar in the field of genocide studies, having authored ten comprehensive volumes covering various aspects of the genocide. He is the founder of the International Yazidis Foundation for the Prevention of Genocide (IYFPG), the first Yazidi organisation to receive special consultative status with the United Nations. Additionally, he contributed to the drafting of a national strategy to combat genocide in Iraq and helped launch the Geneva International Coalition for the Prevention of Genocide.