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War Crimes
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Abuse of Iraqi POWs by GIs Probed 
 This site is a companion to an April 2004 CBS 60 Minutes II report about allegations of U.S. soldiers torturing prisoners of war in Iraq. The site includes video clips and links to related stories. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/27/60II/main614063.shtml Topics: Crime, Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Article 15-6 Investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade
Full text of the report, prepared by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba of the U.S. Army, on alleged abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad, Iraq. The investigation was ordered by Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of Joint Task Force-7 and the senior U.S. military official in Iraq. Opens directly into a PDF file. http://www.npr.org/iraq/2004/prison_abuse_report.pdf Topics: Crime, Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Crimes of War
"The Crimes of War Project was established in 1999 to educate the general public and concerned professionals about international humanitarian law (IHL)-with specific emphasis on the Geneva Conventions." Included on their Web site are The Magazine (with archives), photo essays and other articles, and Expert Analysis . Topics discussed include Bob Kerrey's actions in Vietnam, the destruction of East Timor, ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, Pinochet's prosecution, and war crimes in Sierra Leone and other parts of the world. Resources provides related links, a timeline of IHL treaties and conventions, a bibliography, and more. http://www.crimesofwar.org/ Topics: Crime, International Governments, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, Law by Place (U.S. States & non-U.S.), Military, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated May 30, 2001 The Frederick K. Cox International Law Center War Crimes Research Portal
This site features "over a thousand links to websites related to international humanitarian law." It also contain the text of research memoranda on issues pending before the International Criminal Tribunal and the International Criminal Court, a research guide, articles by members of the American Branch of the International Association of Penal Law, and a bibliography. Links and memoranda are searchable. From the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. http://law.case.edu/War-Crimes-Research-Portal/ Topics: Crime, International Governments, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, Law by Place (U.S. States & non-U.S.), Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Aug 11, 2004 Investigating Sierra Leone
Companion site to an American RadioWorks program investigating the indictment by the "UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone [of] Charles Taylor, the president of Liberia, for crimes allegedly committed during the civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone." Includes a transcript and audio clip of the program, profiles of Taylor and others who have been indicted by the court, a glossary, and related links. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sierra_leone_trial/ Topics: Crime, Military, Notable People, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 5, 2004 Milosevic Trial
Information concerning the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic. There are links to the official trial site, live coverage, transcripts, the latest news and opinion from around the world, and other related sites. In addition there is an ongoing discussion in the JURIST forum. From JURIST: The Legal Education Network . http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/issue_milosevic.htm Topics: Crime, Judicial Process, Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 30, 2004 NARA Interagency Working Group: The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group
In 1999 "in accordance with the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act ... President Clinton established the Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group (IWG). The group is ... directed to locate, inventory, recommend for declassification, and make available all classified Nazi war criminal records ... to the public." This site provides extensive finding aids to documents from various government agencies, bibliographies, glossaries, Holocaust timelines, and related documents. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). http://archives.gov/iwg/ Topics: Crime, Military, Notable People, World War II Last updated Jun 1, 2006 Nuremberg Trials Project: A Digital Document Collection
The Nuremberg Trials "were a series of 13 trials of accused World War II German war criminals held from 1945 to 1949 in Nuremberg, Germany." This site presents a searchable collection of documents from the Nuremberg Trials collection of Harvard Law School Library. Most Web site material relates "to the Medical Case, which was Case 1 of the NMT [Nuremberg Military Tribunals] trials." Also includes "Who Was Who in Nazi Germany" and related resources. http://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/ Topics: Crime, Judicial Process, Military, World War II Last updated Aug 23, 2004 Special Report: Tiger Force
Series of articles "uncovering the atrocities of an elite U.S. Army fighting unit in the Vietnam War that killed unarmed civilians and children during a seven-month rampage." Three reporters won a 2004 Pulitzer Prize for these articles. Includes audio clips, commentary, map, and photos. From the Toledo Blade, the daily newspaper located in Toledo, Ohio. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SRTIGERFORCE Topics: Crime, Military, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, United States History, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 12, 2004 |
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