The Law of War

1987 to April
1989, and
advisor to
Saddam
Hussein, was
convicted in June
2007 of war
crimes and was
sentenced to
death by an Iraqi
court, along with
accomplices
Sultan Hashem
Ahmed and
Hussein Rashid
Mohammed.
Frans van
Anraat war
crime.
considers legally and convincingly
proven that the Kurdish population
meets the requirement under the
genocide conventions as an ethnic
group. The court has no other
conclusion that these attacks were
committed with the intent to destroy
the Kurdish population of Iraq." and
because he supplied the chemicals
before 16 March 1988, the date of
the Halabja attack, he is guilty of a war
crime but not guilty of complicity in
genocide.
Armed Conflict
Iran–Iraq War
Perpetrator
Incident Type of Crime Persons Responsible Notes
Attacks on neutral
shipping
Using child
soldiers in suicide
missions
Laid mines in
international
waters
War crimes,
crimes against
peace (Attacks
against parties not
involved in the
war)
War crimes
(Using child
soldiers)
no prosecutions
no prosecutions
no prosecutions
Iran
Iran attacked oil tankers from
neutral nations in an attempt to
disrupt enemy trade.
Iran allegedly used volunteers
(among them children) in high
risk operations for example in
clearing mine fields within hours
to allow the advancement of
regular troops.
One source estimates 3% of the
Iran–Iraq War's casualties were
under the age of 14.
Mines damaged the US
frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts
Over 100,000 civilians other than those killed in Saddam's genocide are estimated to
have been killed by both sides of the war by R.J.Rummel.
1985–Present: Uganda
The Times reports (November 26, 2005 p. 27):
Almost 20 years of fighting... has killed half a million people. Many of the dead are
children... The LRA [a cannibalism cult] kidnaps children and forces them to join its ranks.
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