The World Tribunal on Iraq: Bush's Nuremberg Trial? (DU can make it so)

The World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) is a worldwide undertaking to reclaim justice. It aims to record the severe wrongs, crimes and violations that were committed in the process leading up to the aggression against Iraq, during the war and throughout the ensuing occupation, that continue to be widespread to this day. It is our intention to also record the social, political, environmental and cultural devastation. In the end, the evidence gathered and presented will serve as a historical record that breaks the web of lies promulgated by the war coalition and its embedded press.

WTI is a horizontal network of local groups and individuals worldwide that work together in a non- hierarchical system. The project consists of commissions of inquiry and sessions held around the world investigating various issues related to the war on Iraq, such as the legality of the war, the role of the United Nations, war crimes and the role of the media.

On June 23rd to the 27th 2005, at the start of the third year of the occupation of Iraq, the culminating session will take place in Istanbul. This session will reach a decision following an examination of the results of the previous sessions as well as new reports and testimonies, while evaluating the implications of the aggression against Iraq for the world at large.

http://www.worldtribunal.org

The World Tribunal on Iraq is collecting a definitive body of evidence on the illegality of the invasion and occupation that will be indispensable to the global anti-war movement, to conscientious objectors, and to students of history for years to come. Americans who oppose the war have a duty to support and participate in this crucial international effort to stand up to U.S. government lawlessness and impunity.
Naomi Klein

Click here to ENDORSE: http://www.worldtribunal.org/main/?b=47


Timing

The core series of hearings will start on Wednesday April 14th 2004 in Brussels and end in a final tribunal session in Istanbul that will start on June 23th 2005. These will be preceded by intensive inquiries, networking and campaigning.

Appeal to the national and international movements

We address an appeal to all organizations and individuals to support this project. We invite organizations to endorse and participate at various levels. They could:

1.Undertake to organize a hearing or an associated event.
2.Host a hearing.
3.Contribute by contacts, names of people who would qualify to take part in the various components of the tribunal and make initial contacts with those people.
4.Contribute names & contacts of persons and organizations of experts who are already researching various aspects of the crimes and violations in question.
5.Undertake to prepare certain reports and make them available for the use of the tribunal.
6.Build a web page in as many languages as possible and see that information is timely posted .
7.Undertake to organize a local campaign in support of the tribunal.
8.Contribute financially towards meeting the expenses involved in realizing this tribunal.

Or maybe I'm wrong...

I think Ray McGovern will be talking about it during the "Inquiry of Resolution" teach-in with Bonifaz on June 3rd.

Some of our troops will testify, I believe.

·The first task of the tribunal is to investigate the crimes committed by the US government in launching the Iraq war. In spite of a world movement condemning this war and its clear violations of international law , the US government forced its premeditated war strategy upon the world. Moreover the US-government demands impunity and continues to put itself above all international laws and conventions.

·The second task is to investigate allegations of war crimes during the aggression, crimes against laws of occupation, humanitarian law and crimes against humanity, including genocide. Such an inquiry may include the sanctions imposed against Iraq and the use of illegal weapons which kill over generations, such as depleted uranium.

·The third task is the investigation and exposure of the New Imperial World Order. The tribunal would therefore consider the broader context of the doctrines of "pre-emptive war" and "preventive war" and all the consequences of those doctrines : "benevolent hegemony", "full spectrum dominance" and "multiple simultaneous theatre wars"… As part of this process, some hearings will investigate the vast economic interests involved in this rationalized war-logic.

http://www.worldtribunal.org/main/?b=16

·The tribunal, after having examined reports and documentary evidence and having listened to witnesses (Iraqi and international victims and various experts), will reach a decision.