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 Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:09 pm Post subject: Blair faces new 'war crimes' accusation |
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By Severin Carrell
18 January 2004
An eminent panel of legal experts is to accuse Tony Blair of committing war
crimes in Iraq in a formal complaint to the International Criminal Court in
The Hague.
The panel, which includes law professors from universities in Britain,
Ireland, France and Canada, will claim on Tuesday there is compelling
evidence that the Prime Minister broke international law and UN treaties by
invading Iraq last year.
The eight experts will recommend that the ICC launches a formal
investigation into the Government's conduct - the first step towards
indicting ministers for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Their dossier will add to the renewed controversy over Mr Blair's stance on
Iraq. It will be published a week before Lord Hutton issues his report into
the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly, which examines the Prime
Minister's role in the decision to name him.
The ICC has already rejected several attempts by Greek and Belgian lawyers
to investigate the Government's behaviour, but in this case its lawyers have
contacted the panel in advance to ask for a copy of their report.
The panel includes Guy Goodwin-Gill QC of All Souls, Oxford, Professor
Christine Chinkin of LSE, Professor Upendra Baxi from Warwick University and
Professor William Schabas, director of the Irish Centre of Human Rights.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=482331
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