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The '''World Tribunal on Iraq''' ('''WTI''') was a people's court consisting of intellectuals, [[human rights]] campaigners and [[non-governmental organization]]s, and was active from 2003 to 2005. Set up following the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] it sprung from the anti-war movement and is modelled on the [[Russell Tribunal]] of the American movement against the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Çubukçu|first=Ayça|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1048621695|title=For the love of humanity : the World Tribunal on Iraq|date=14 August 2018|publisher=|isbn=978-0-8122-9537-5|location=Philadelphia|pages=|oclc=1048621695}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Çubukçu|first=Ayça|date=September 2011|title=ON COSMOPOLITAN OCCUPATIONS: The Case of the World Tribunal on Iraq|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369801X.2011.597599|journal=Interventions|language=en|volume=13|issue=3|pages=422–442|doi=10.1080/1369801X.2011.597599|s2cid=142970442|issn=1369-801X|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hixson|first=Walter L.|date=January 2009|title=World Tribunal on Iraq: Making the Case against War - Edited by Müge Gürsoy Sokmen|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1468-0130.2009.00538.x|journal=Peace & Change|language=en|volume=34|issue=1|pages=88–91|doi=10.1111/j.1468-0130.2009.00538.x|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Borowiak|first=Craig|date=June 2008|title=The World Tribunal on Iraq: Citizens' Tribunals and the Struggle for Accountability|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07393140802063234|journal=New Political Science|language=en|volume=30|issue=2|pages=161–186|doi=10.1080/07393140802063234|s2cid=143716922|issn=0739-3148|via=}}</ref>
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The '''World Tribunal on Iraq''' ('''WTI''') was a people's court consisting of intellectuals, [[human rights]] campaigners and [[non-governmental organization]]s, and was active from 2003 to 2005. Set up following the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] it sprung from the anti-war movement and is modelled on the [[Russell Tribunal]] of the American movement against the [[Vietnam War]].

It was supported by [[India]]n leftist author [[Arundhati Roy]], by American international lawyer [[Richard Falk]] and [[United Nations]] Assistant General Secretary [[Denis Halliday]], but it consciously avoided a hierarchical structure. The WTI routinely found that the coalition forces in [[Iraq]] are guilty of [[war crimes]] and violations of the [[Geneva Conventions]]. The Tribunal tended to receive less coverage in the [[United States]] and [[United Kingdom]] than in the [[Middle East]] and [[Europe]], and was frequently described by supporters of the war as a "[[kangaroo court]]".<ref>http://www.medialens.org/alerts/05/050706_the_mysterious_case.php</ref> Its members were not popularly elected.


==Actions==
==Actions==
* Brussels, April 14–17, 2004 - the [[BRussels Tribunal]] hearings focused on the programs and policies of the [[Project for the New American Century]] (PNAC), its role in the war against Iraq, and the role of the war against Iraq as part of the PNAC's program of military domination of the [[Earth]] [http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Tribunal.htm]
* Brussels, April 14–17, 2004 - the [[BRussells Tribunal|Brussels Tribunal]] hearings focused on the programs and policies of the [[Project for the New American Century]] (PNAC), its role in the war against Iraq, and the role of the war against Iraq as part of the PNAC's program of military domination of the [[Earth]] [http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Tribunal.htm]


==See also==
==See also==

* [[Genocide]]
* [[Crime against peace]] (international aggression)
* [[International law]]
* [[Laws of war]]
* [[War Crimes Law (Belgium)]]
* [[List of war crimes]]
* [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court]]
* [[Responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks]]
* [[State terrorism]]
* [[War on Terrorism]]
* [[Anti-American sentiment]]
* [[The UN Security Council and the Iraq war]]
* [[The UN Security Council and the Iraq war]]
* [[Protests against the 2003 Iraq war]]
* [[Protests against the 2003 Iraq war]]
* [[Governments' pre-war positions on invasion of Iraq]]
* [[Governments' pre-war positions on invasion of Iraq]]
* [[The UN Security Council and the Iraq war]]


==Publications==
==Publications==
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Borowiak, C. 2008. 'The World Tribunal on Iraq: Citizens’ Tribunals and the Struggle for Accountability'. ''New Political Science'', 30:161-186.
Borowiak, C. 2008. 'The World Tribunal on Iraq: Citizens’ Tribunals and the Struggle for Accountability'. ''New Political Science'', 30:161-186.
Cubukcu, A. 2011. ‘On Cosmopolitan Occupations. The Case of the World Tribunal on Iraq’, ''Interventions. International Journal of Postcolonial Studies'', 13:422-442.
Cubukcu, A. 2011. ‘On Cosmopolitan Occupations. The Case of the World Tribunal on Iraq’, ''Interventions. International Journal of Postcolonial Studies'', 13:422-442.

J. Gerson and D. Snauwaert. 2021. ''Reclaimative Post-Conflict Justice: Democratizing Justice in the World Tribunal on Iraq.'' Cambridge Scholars Publishing.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* The original website, http://www.worldtribunal.org, is no longer available. The [[internet archive]] preserves a [https://web.archive.org/web/20070329000519/www.worldtribunal.org/main/ copy of the site as of 2007/04]
* The original website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040308173231/http://www.worldtribunal.org/], is no longer available. The [[Internet Archive|internet archive]] preserves a [https://web.archive.org/web/20070329000519/http://www.worldtribunal.org/main/ copy of the site as of 2007/04]
* [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B5CAF6D0-7F6F-4585-B002-1B6631FEC3B1.htm Panel indicts US, UK over Iraq], [[al Jazeera]], 28 June 2005
* [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B5CAF6D0-7F6F-4585-B002-1B6631FEC3B1.htm Panel indicts US, UK over Iraq], [[Al Jazeera Media Network|al Jazeera]], 28 June 2005

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[[Category:International criminal law]]
[[Category:Laws of war]]
[[Category:Law of war]]

Latest revision as of 20:25, 27 November 2024

The World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) was a people's court consisting of intellectuals, human rights campaigners and non-governmental organizations, and was active from 2003 to 2005. Set up following the 2003 invasion of Iraq it sprung from the anti-war movement and is modelled on the Russell Tribunal of the American movement against the Vietnam War.[1][2][3][4]

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Publications

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The most complete collection of the proceedings of the Tribunal has been collected in Sökmen, M. G. Roy, A., Falk, R. (eds.) 2008. World Tribunal on Iraq: Making the Case Against War. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press.

See also: Borowiak, C. 2008. 'The World Tribunal on Iraq: Citizens’ Tribunals and the Struggle for Accountability'. New Political Science, 30:161-186. Cubukcu, A. 2011. ‘On Cosmopolitan Occupations. The Case of the World Tribunal on Iraq’, Interventions. International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 13:422-442.

J. Gerson and D. Snauwaert. 2021. Reclaimative Post-Conflict Justice: Democratizing Justice in the World Tribunal on Iraq. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

References

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  1. ^ Çubukçu, Ayça (14 August 2018). For the love of humanity : the World Tribunal on Iraq. Philadelphia. ISBN 978-0-8122-9537-5. OCLC 1048621695.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Çubukçu, Ayça (September 2011). "ON COSMOPOLITAN OCCUPATIONS: The Case of the World Tribunal on Iraq". Interventions. 13 (3): 422–442. doi:10.1080/1369801X.2011.597599. ISSN 1369-801X. S2CID 142970442.
  3. ^ Hixson, Walter L. (January 2009). "World Tribunal on Iraq: Making the Case against War - Edited by Müge Gürsoy Sokmen". Peace & Change. 34 (1): 88–91. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0130.2009.00538.x.
  4. ^ Borowiak, Craig (June 2008). "The World Tribunal on Iraq: Citizens' Tribunals and the Struggle for Accountability". New Political Science. 30 (2): 161–186. doi:10.1080/07393140802063234. ISSN 0739-3148. S2CID 143716922.
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