Iraq's Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity

On 10 December 2003 the Iraqi Governing Council issued the Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, establishing a court to try Iraqis accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Ba\u27athist era. Four days later the former dictator Saddam Hussein was arrested by US forces. Recent comments by Paul Bremer, the US Administrator in Iraq, suggest that Hussein will be handed over to the Tribunal. Regardless of what happens to Hussein himself, the Tribunal is likely to deal with the bulk of human rights and war crimes cases arising from the Ba\u27athist era