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--The Evidence Files--
Courtesy Of: Center For Constitutional Rights
http://ccr-ny.org
The November 14, 2006, criminal complaint is a request for the German Federal Prosecutor to open an investigation and, ultimately, a criminal prosecution that will look into the responsibility of high-ranking U.S. officials for authorizing war crimes in the context of the so-called “War on Terror.”
The complaint is brought on behalf of 12 torture victims – 11 Iraqi citizens who were held at Abu Ghraib prison and one Guantánamo detainee – and is being filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Republican Attorneys' Association (RAV) and others, all represented by Berlin Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck. full summary >>>
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Why Germany?
The complaint is being filed under the Code of Crimes against International Law (CCIL), enacted by Germany in compliance with the Rome Statute creating the International Criminal Court in 2002, which Germany ratified.
The CCIL provides for “universal jurisdiction” for war crimes, crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity. It enables the German Federal Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute crimes constituting a violation of the CCIL, irrespective of the location of the defendant or plaintiff, the place where the crime was carried out, or the nationality of the persons involved.
No international courts or personal tribunals in Iraq were mandated to conduct investigations and prosecutions of responsible U.S. officials. The United States has refused to join the International Criminal Court, thereby foreclosing the option of pursuing a prosecution in international courts. Iraq has no authority to prosecute.
Furthermore, the U.S. gave immunity to all its personnel in Iraq from Iraqi prosecution. All this added to the United States’ unquestionable refusal to look at the responsibility of those of the very top of the chain of command and named in the present complaint, and the recent passage of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (see below) aimed at preventing war crimes prosecutions against Americans in the U.S., German courts are seen as a last resort to obtain justice for those victims of abuse and torture while detained by the United States.more >>>
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WATCH Professional Testimony
Former Brigadier General Janis Karpinski
Columbia Law Professor Scott Horton
Lead Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck
THE DEFENDANTS
CO-PLAINTIFFS
CASE DOCUMENTS
Introduction- German Complaint-2006
Table of Contents-German Complaint-2006
Complaint- 2006 (in translation)
Testimony- Janis Karpinski-2006
Testimony- David DaBatto-2006
Lobel-Affidavit-2006
Gutierrez-Declaration-2006
Davis-Affidavit
Falk-Affidavit
Paust-Affidavit
Bowring-Affidavit-2006
Complaint-2004
Jesseberger-Law Article-2005
Fischer/Lescano-Law Article-2005
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