Iraq – Women Lobby Tribunal to Address Hussein Regime Crimes Against Women
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: June 19, 2006
Iraqis Push to Prosecute Rape in War Crime Trials |
06/26/06 |
By Elizabeth Dwoskin WeNews correspondent |
Women are lobbying the Iraqi tribunal–the court trying the war |
(WOMENSENEWS)–A prominent women’s group in Iraq, along with They are working with and lobbying the Iraqi High Tribunal–the The group in Iraq, whose members request anonymity, formed in 2003 as a “I do not want our name to be used to protect our members in Iraq from On June 21, a senior lawyer defending Saddam Hussein before the In August 2004, the Iraqi women began working with the New York-based Chance to Strengthen PrecedentThe activists say their work with the tribunal is a chance to “If we can get the prosecutors to make indictments for the Baathist The tribunal was formed in 2003; its mandate is to try the Baathist The tribunal is scheduled to hold 12 trials in all. The first trial, The next trial will be for the Anfal campaign, described as a The U.S. State Department and KurdishMedia.com, an independent online Rape Charges UnsureWhile the tribunal’s statute identifies rape as a war crime, a crime One reason for this is that such progressive laws for prosecuting sex Another reason is that Iraq’s domestic rape laws–those with which the Nehal Bhuta, a research fellow at New York-based Human Rights Watch, “The witness evidence indicated that there were some forms of sexual Trainings on Sex Crime LawsBenshoof says that the tribunal judges and prosecutors have asked the In March training sessions, the women’s groups emphasized that contrary The women are also advocating that the tribunal set up Along with other human rights groups, the Iraqi women’s group is As part of an effort to sensitize the judges to the psychological “The point is we are trying to bring this before the judges, because Elizabeth Dwoskin is a freelance writer and radio producer based in ___________________________________________________________________ |
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