Salt Lake City rallies condemn war crimes in Iraq

The Committee for War Criminal Prosecution (CWCP) held its fourth annual spring gatherings in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 24th and 25th. Each year the gatherings are designed to focus attention on nation-state leaders around the world who have committed either war crimes or human rights violations.

The spring, 2003 protests singled out breaches of international law by the U.S.'s Bush administration during its recent invasion of and war against Iraq. As well, demonstrators noted efforts by that same administration to diminish individual civil liberties and constitutional protections within the United States through passage of domestic legislation designed to enhance police powers.

The CWCP's positions on both international and domestic issues as pertaining to the Bush administration are summarized more extensively in two position papers entitled "Defending application of the rule-of-law to international politics"
http://utah.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/4961.php
and "Bush's war crimes in Iraq"
http://utah.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/4963.php

Further information about the views discussed in this article and in the CWCP position papers can be found at:

Amnesty International-
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/iraq_summary
and
http://web.amnesty.org/library/print/ENGMDE140892003

Associated Press article-"Iraq war victims to file case Vs. Franks"-
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=1&u=ap20030429/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_war_crimes_2

Human Rights Watch-
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/iraq
and
http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/04us-uk042903.htm
and
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/iraq/ihlfaq.htm

"Indymedia"-
http://www.indymedia.org/

International Committee of the Red Cross-
http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/special_iraq_news!Open

The Iraq Body Count Project-
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/bodycount.htm

Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)-
http://www.msfbay.org/content/page.cfm?articleid=E9E27A36-1D71-48CF-94D6B275E9EC1B00

and Yahoo Iraq news coverage-
http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=world&cat=iraq

The full texts of all Geneva convention agreements and other treaties covering war and of U.N. resolutions dealing with Iraq and war-related issues can also be located on the worldwide web.

Please see photos of CWCP demonstrators holding signs below.