Question No. 2: Under what jurisdiction, this tribunal was formed?

The former Iraqi Governing Council approved a statute establishing the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity on December 10, 2003. L. Paul Bremer, the former U.S. administrator in Iraq, signed the statute into law on behalf of the Coalition Provisional Authority.

The Tribunal is designed to prosecute those accused of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide in Iraq between July 17, 1968, when Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party seized power, and May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq were over. The court will also have the authority to try several lesser crimes, including the squandering of public funds and attempts to manipulate the judiciary.

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