Post by Moses on Feb 13, 2005 6:23:46 GMT -5
Bakhtiar Amin, the human rights minister, said in an interview that court officials would use the cases against Saddam's associates to establish "command responsibility" for the atrocities committed under his rule, building evidence tying him to decisions that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/10890344.htm
Before the trials can begin, he said, a team of 400 Iraqis working for the tribunal -- backed by 50 mainly U.S. lawyers and investigators in a support group known as the Regime Crimes Liaison Office -- must hand in dossiers outlining the evidence against defendants to the five-judge panels that will preside at the trials.
www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/10890344.htm
Before the trials can begin, he said, a team of 400 Iraqis working for the tribunal -- backed by 50 mainly U.S. lawyers and investigators in a support group known as the Regime Crimes Liaison Office -- must hand in dossiers outlining the evidence against defendants to the five-judge panels that will preside at the trials.