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FREE LAW JOURNAL - VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1 (18 JULY 2005) European), Romanian, Russian, Serb (either Latin and Cyrillic), Slovenian and Spanish are definite advantages; 2) Hold, at a minimum, a recognized arts degree; this includes all the range of arts and humanities and social sciences degrees. 3) Hold, at a minimum, a Master's Degree or the equivalent; the Master's Degree must be in Arts, History, War Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Paleontology, Linguistics, Literature or related fields of studies. By definition and comparison, a Doctor's Degree (Ph.D.) is recognized as combining the acquired knowledge of an LL.M. as well as definitive recognition of one's skills. The equivalence of this degree requirement can be work experience. For example, a practitioner having worked for two years as an historian in the Musée du Louvre or other such establishments related to history, or a field archaeologist having worked on extended projects abroad would be dispensed of this requirement on the basis of work experience. To apply, please send your resume, including a list of your publications, at: WHJ@FWPublishing.net. 82
FREE LAW JOURNAL - VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1 (18 JULY 2005) THE STATUTE OF THE IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL by LOUIS-PHILIPPE F. ROUILLARD* INTRODUCTION The current travails of the American and Coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq have been much debated recently as to their legitimacy. In the same manner, the capture and detention of persons dubbed “enemy combatant”, a term applying only to American citizens as determined by the American Supreme Court 1 , has been decried for their illegality. As time takes us away from the trauma of September 11, 2001 and gives us time for pause, the questions relating to the causes and processes of two international conflict waged simultaneously by American and Coalition forces will be further explored and deemed for their worth in light of new elements. Whether good or bad, conclusions will be drawn and history will judge. Nonetheless, even through bad causes and bad processes some good may result. With regards to the Iraq war, and regardless of the current morass in which the occupation forces are bugged down, the capture of Saddam Hussein has had the effect of liberating a nation of peoples. As for the legal world, it has provided yet another case for an international tribunal. The Coalition Provisional Authority has issued on December 10, 2003, its Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal. An analysis of its content is therefore necessary to insure that while punishment is hopefully afforded to the guilty, the preservation of the fundamental guarantees of human rights are preserved in their clearest and purest form. Such an analysis is necessary to insure that the basic judicial guarantees are granted to even such a man as Saddam Hussein, but also to determine the evolution of ad hoc tribunals, to denote whether the international community has yet learn from its past mistakes. Therefore, this essay will analyse the Statute in the light of those of three preceding tribunals: the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), that of the Rwanda (ICTR), and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Legitimacy of the ad hoc tribunals Before attempting to denote the progress or regression made by the Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, one needs to address a very pointed question about the legitimacy of international and national ad hoc tribunals to preside over crimes against humanity, war crimes, the crime of genocide, the crime of aggression, as well as gross and severe human rights violations. One of the charges brought against such tribunals is that they are illegitimate and ought not to be recognised. Charges of illegitimacy against such tribunals are not new. The Peace Treaty of Versailles * Editor-in-Chief, Free World Publishing. 1 Ex Parte Milligan, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 2 (1867) and Ex Parte Quirin, 317 U.S. (1942). The ‘illegal combatant’ status is an American juridical term designating a particular category of U.S. citizens. It dates from the American Civil War and was further taken again during the early days of the Second World War. Both reflect a highly politicize categorisation of what constitute an American national captured and indicted for treasonous activities. This does not apply to other nationals. 151 LOUIS-PHILIPPE F. ROUILLARD - THE STATUTE OF THE IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL
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