Iraqi Special Tribunal

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domestic tribunal special court war crimes tribunal

The Iraqi Special Tribunal was a domestic court established after the 2003 invasion of Iraq to prosecute Saddam Hussein and other former regime officials for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Iraqi High Tribunal	2
Dujail trial of Saddam Hussein	1
Iraqi Special Criminal Tribunal	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	domestic tribunal ⓘ special court ⓘ war crimes tribunal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Iraqi Special Tribunal ⓘ surface form: Iraqi High Tribunal Iraqi Special Tribunal ⓘ surface form: Iraqi Special Criminal Tribunal
appliesTo	Saddam Hussein ⓘ former Iraqi regime officials ⓘ
category	Courts and tribunals established in the 2000s ⓘ Human rights in Iraq ⓘ Transitional justice in Iraq ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
createdBy	Iraqi Governing Council ⓘ
criticizedFor	questions about independence ⓘ security concerns for judges and lawyers ⓘ use of death penalty ⓘ
establishedAfter	Iraq War ⓘ surface form: 2003 invasion of Iraq
focusesOnPeriod	Ba'ath Party ⓘ surface form: Ba'athist Iraq under Saddam Hussein
hasChambers	Appeals Chamber ⓘ Trial Chambers ⓘ
hasComponent	Investigative Judges ⓘ Prosecutor's Office ⓘ
hasDefendants	Iraqi security services officials ⓘ senior Ba'ath Party officials ⓘ
hasLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ
influencedBy	international criminal law ⓘ
jurisdiction	Iraq ⓘ
legalBasis	Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal ⓘ
legalSystem	Iraqi law ⓘ
locatedIn	Baghdad ⓘ
notableCase	Al-Anfal campaign ⓘ surface form: Anfal campaign trial Iraqi Special Tribunal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dujail trial of Saddam Hussein
purpose	prosecute crimes against humanity ⓘ prosecute genocide ⓘ prosecute war crimes ⓘ
replacedBy	Iraqi Special Tribunal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Iraqi High Tribunal
seat	Baghdad ⓘ
subjectOf	international debate on transitional justice ⓘ
supportedBy	Coalition Provisional Authority ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
tried	Awad Hamed al-Bandar ⓘ Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ⓘ Saddam Hussein ⓘ Taha Yassin Ramadan ⓘ
typeOfCrimes	crimes against humanity ⓘ genocide ⓘ war crimes ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraqi Special Tribunal → alsoKnownAs → Iraqi Special Tribunal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraqi High Tribunal

Iraqi Special Tribunal → alsoKnownAs → Iraqi Special Tribunal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraqi Special Criminal Tribunal

Iraqi Special Tribunal → notableCase → Iraqi Special Tribunal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dujail trial of Saddam Hussein

Iraqi Special Tribunal → replacedBy → Iraqi Special Tribunal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraqi High Tribunal

Saddam Hussein → triedBy → Iraqi Special Tribunal ⓘ