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| Saddam files new human rights complaint |
| 2004-07-22 |
| Lawyers for ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein have filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights calling on France to make the United States respect the Geneva Conventions. The complaint is based on article one of the Geneva Convention, which calls on all signatories to "respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances", Emmanuel Ludot, one of Saddam's lawyers, said yesterday. *chortle* "I din't give crap about the conventions when I was in charge, but I demand them for myself!" According to Saddam's defence team, Washington "has not respected the Geneva Convention at all", specifically articles 85 and 105 which detail the required living conditions for prisoners of war and provisions for their representation. He sould consider himself lucky to be in a LIVING condition. Ludot said Saddam's lawyers "are physically incapable of meeting their client as the detaining power has acted in such a way as to paralyse the rights of the defence, pure and simple". The case also refers to the European Convention on Human Rights, which stipulates that all defendants have the right to the time and facilities needed to prepare their defence, and to question all necessary witnesses. He explained that the legal team opted to file its complaint against France because it is Stop it, you're killing me! The court, which is based in the eastern French city of Strasbourg, confirmed that the complaint had been filed on Tuesday, but that it refused to examine the case on an emergency basis, or within a month's time. The court will first review whether it is competent to hear the case, a process that could take several months. It would subsequently rule on the merits. A court official said that such a case had never been filed. Saddam appeared before a Special Iraqi Tribunal in Baghdad on July 1 for an initial hearing on seven charges of crimes against humanity. Last month, the European Court of Human Rights rejected a complaint filed by lawyers for Saddam, who had asked that Britain be barred from turning him over to Iraqi custody. |
| Posted by:Trub |
| #8 Did Madame call for a weasely dorkface, no? |
| Posted by: J Chirac 2004-07-22 10:57:30 PM |
| #7 What kind of a weasely dorkface even gives a fat rat's ass about Saddam? Don't bother - I already know the answer. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-07-22 10:09:21 PM |
| #6 Saddam's subordinates abused POWs in the Gulf War and during OIF, and were not punished by Saddam's government; Saddam is not entitled to Geneva Convention protections. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-07-22 9:48:20 PM |
| #5 al-Gore thinks he has a point... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-22 8:30:53 PM |
| #4 The European Court of Human Rights never came to the aid of the people victimized by Saddam, so I do not think that it will act on Saddam's behalf now. One never knows. As far as the court being competent to hear the case, I do not think that the court is competent to hear any case. If you need their propaganda website, check it out here. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-07-22 6:52:29 PM |
| #3 We're doing him a favor in merely refraining from feeding him into the shredder right now, which is more than he ever did. At least we're respecting the fact that he approaches human. |
| Posted by: The Doctor (in NY for the week) 2004-07-22 4:09:50 PM |
| #2 Did you get this off Scrappleface? Why don't we just hand him over to the Iraqis and see what they do with him? I am surprised the EU Court actullay ruled against the lawyers. Are they getting soft or smart? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-07-22 4:06:18 PM |
| #1 Saddam files new human rights complaint He has not been allowed to violate any human rights for some time now and is getting squirrley without his usual shredder fix. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-07-22 3:55:13 PM |
