She added that bombing the group was not enough and that the trial was needed because it is impossible to 'kill an idea'

'I'm ashamed as a human being that we ignore their cries for help,' said Clooney

Clooney said Nadia was taken captive as a sex slave at the age of 19 and at times raped by two men at once until she fell

'This is my job,' said Clooney, who added that she discussed the risks of her new case with husband George

She spoke about her decision to take on such a risky case while appearing on Today Monday morning

Amal Clooney is preparing to put ISIS on trial on behalf of a sex slave who was held

An emotional Amal Clooney spoke about her latest high-profile case during an interview on Today Monday morning, revealing that she is preparing to take ISIS to court.

The human rights lawyer appeared on the program alongside her newest client Nadia Murad, who was captured by the terrorist group when she was just 19 and became a sex slave.

Clooney spoke about how Nadia was at times raped by two men at a time until she 'fell unconscious.'

Nadia said that ISIS members killed six of her eight brothers and her mother when they stormed her town in the northern Iraq two years ago during the Yazidi genocide.

'I can't imagine anything worse being done by one human to another,' said Clooney.

As for her motivation for taking on such a risky case, Clooney simply said: 'This is my job.'

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Fighting back: Amal Clooney (above) is preparing to put ISIS on trial on behalf of a sex slave who was held captive by the group

Reasons: 'This is my job,' said Clooney when asked why she took on the case, who added that she discussed the risks with husband George (couple above in May)

The interview also featured parts of Clooney's speech to the United Nations last week, where she launched her campaign to try ISIS on crimes against humanity alongside Nadia.

'I wish I could say that I was proud to be here, but I'm not,' said Clooney as she appeared in front of the general assembly.

'I'm ashamed as a human being that we ignore their cries for help.'

She said during the interview that the risks that come with taking on the brutal terrorist group are far outweighed by the urgency to combat their unconscionable treatment of people, specifically women.

'I did feel a sense of outrage,' explained Clooney of learning about Nadia's story, and those of other young women and girls.

'It's been harrowing to hear the testimony of girls as young as 11 and 12, what's happened to them. And still we haven't done anything about them.'

Nadia, her two sisters and some of her teenage female cousins and nieces were transported to the ISIS stronghold of Mosul after the 2014 attack on her village along with more than 150 other girls before being subjected to horrific sexual abuse.

She said she would 'take herself off to another world' while being brutally raped during her speech in front of the United Nations, who named her a Goodwill Ambassador.

ISIS members began to rape the girls while they were being transported to Mosul. Nadia told the United Nations Security Council in December: ‘Along the way, they humiliated us. They touched us and violated us.

‘They took us to Mosul with more than 150 other Yazidi families. In a building, there were thousands of Yazidi families and children who were exchanged as gifts.

‘One of these people came up to me. He wanted to take me. I looked down at the floor. I was absolutely petrified. When I looked up, I saw a huge man. He looked like a monster.’

Brave women: Clooney said Nadia was taken captive as a sex slave at the age of 19 and at times raped by two men at once until she fell unconscious (Nadia and Clooney above)

Horrors: 'I'm ashamed as a human being that we ignore their cries for help,' said Clooney (Nadia above)

Nadia was eventually able to escape some three months later, fleeing to the safety of a refugee camp before finding asylum in Germany.

Her two sisters also managed to survive their horrifying ordeal and make their escape from the group. One is with her in Germany, while her other sister is in a refugee camp in Iraq with her two surviving brothers.

Clooney said that after hearing the unfathomable situation Nadia went through, she knew that she had to take on the group in court, saying that just bombing the group is 'not enough.'

'You can't kill an idea that way,' said Clooney.

'I think one of the ways to take action against that is to expose their brutality and their corruption . And part of the way to do that is through trial.'

She also said that many of those who have been victims of ISIS see Nadia as 'the future' and their 'only hope.'

That is why she said both she and Nadia are risking their lives.

Retaliation: Clooney said that bombing the group was not enough and that the trial was needed because it is impossible to 'kill an idea' (above at the UN last week)

In awe: 'I don't think anybody can feel that they're being courageous compared to what Nadia's doing. It's no joke. This is ISIS,' said Clooney

'Yes I put my own life at risk, but i don't have a life without giving hop to other victims,' said Nadia.

Clooney, who said she spoke with her husband George before taking on the case, added: 'I don't think anybody can feel that they're being courageous compared to what Nadia's doing. It's no joke. This is ISIS, and they have sent her very specific threats saying we will get you back .

'This is a direct quote: "We will do everything to you."'

Clooney said that she and Nadia spent 'a couple of hours' sitting on the floor at her home speaking about what she had endured when they first met, and that George was just as 'moved' by the young woman's story as she was after that first talk.