jeudi 24 novembre 2011

Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission: Bush and Blair charged with having committed Crimes Against Peace

CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF THE KUALA LUMPUR WAR CRIMES COMMISSION v.
GEORGE W BUSH & ANTHONY L. BLAIR
CRIMINAL PROCEEDING NO. 1-CP-2011

Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia



Corum: Judge Abdul Kadar Sulaiman, Judge Salleh Buang, Judge Tunku Sofiah Jewa, Judge Alfred
L. Webre, Judge Shad Saleem Faruqi.

Prosecution: Prof Gurdial Singh Nijar, Prof Francis A. Boyle, Avtaran Singh, Usha Kulasegaran,
Gan Pei Fern.

Amici Curiae: Jason Kay Kit Leong, Sook Kok Weng, Pan Shan Ping, Mohd Zharif Shafiq, Zyzan
Syaidi, Muhammad Khirul.

Registrar: Musa Ismail.



22 November 2011.



UNANIMOUS VIEWS AND FINDINGS



The two accused, George W Bush and Anthony L. Blair, at the material times the Heads of
Government of the United States of America and the United Kingdom respectively, have been charged by the Chief Prosecutor of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission with having committed CRIMES AGAINST PEACE, in that they have planned, prepared and invaded the sovereign state of Iraq on 19 March 2003 in violation of the United Nations Charter and international law.



The Particulars of the Charge state, inter alia, that on 19 March 2003, the two accused launched a war

against Iraq without the sanction of the United Nations and without just cause whatsoever.



The two accused were not present at the proceedings though duly served. Nor were any attorneys or

counsel present in their behalf. Pursuant to Article 15 of the Charter of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes

Commission & the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal

(hereinafter referred to as “the Charter”), an Amicus Curiae was appointed by the Tribunal to assist the

Tribunal by presenting an unbiased assessment of the charge and evidence against the accused.

The Amicus Curiae entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of both the accused.



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