Source: https://casebook.icrc.org/print/20732
Timestamp: 2019-09-19 08:51:42
Document Index: 139362343

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 3', 'Arts 13', 'Arts 27', 'Arts 75', 'Art. 4', 'Arts 48', 'Arts 52', 'Art. 90', 'Arts 49', 'Art. 85']

Home > UN, Request for an Investigation on War Crimes
If it is confirmed that there have been extrajudicial and summary executions of Taliban prisoners in the context of this armed conflict, do these constitute war crimes? Crimes against humanity? (GC I-IV, Art. 3 [1]; GC III, Arts 13 [2], 14 [3] and 130 [4]; GC IV, Arts 27 [5], 32 [6] and 147 [7]; P I, Arts 75(2) [8] and 85(2) [9]; P II, Art. 4 [10])
Was the bombing of villages in Uruzgan, which killed 40 Afghans, a war crime? Even if it was a mistake? (P I, Arts 48 [11], 51 [12], 52 [13], 57 [14] and 85(3) [9])
What kind of commission could be considered in order to implement Ms Jahangir’s idea to create an international commission? (GC I-IV, Arts 52 [15]/53 [16]/132 [17]/149 [18] respectively; PI, Art. 90 [19])
Could the work of investigation be entrusted to a non-governmental organization such as Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International? Could it be given to the ICRC or would this compromise the ICRC’s activities, which are based on neutrality and impartiality, and its work methods, which are based on dialogue and therefore on the confidentiality of any information it obtains? [See ICTY/ICC, Confidentiality and Testimony of ICRC Personnel [20], and Afghanistan, ICRC Position on Alleged Ill-Treatment of Prisoners [21]]
Is Afghanistan obliged to prosecute perpetrators of war crimes? Would Afghanistan’s establishment of a commission allow it to fulfill this obligation? Of a “truth and reconciliation”-type commission? (GC I-IV, Arts 49 [22]/50 [23]/129 [24]/146 [25] respectively; P I, Art. 85 [9])
Source URL: https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/un-request-investigation-war-crimes
[2] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=CD863DC518A5E1D7C12563CD0051AB7A
[3] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=F0E25F9F56372523C12563CD0051AB8F
[4] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=DD77A07DBDF8B9A2C12563CD0051B5EC
[5] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=FFCB180D4E99CB26C12563CD0051BBD9
[6] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=0146C998773B1496C12563CD0051BC2F
[8] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=086F4BB140C53655C12563CD0051E027
[9] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=73D05A98B6CEB566C12563CD0051E1A0
[11] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=8A9E7E14C63C7F30C12563CD0051DC5C
[12] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=4BEBD9920AE0AEAEC12563CD0051DC9E
[13] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=F08A9BC78AE360B3C12563CD0051DCD4
[14] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=50FB5579FB098FAAC12563CD0051DD7C
[15] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=97BE7D1106F2CBDAC12563CD0051A2F6
[16] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=19DD9913F07CE0FAC12563CD0051A957
[17] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=DE383A11617FE6EAC12563CD0051B60C
[18] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=F357AFB4C58D9810C12563CD0051C677
[19] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=38C248ABDA17143EC12563CD0051E243
[20] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/ictyicc-confidentiality-and-testimony-icrc-personnel
[21] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/afghanistan-icrc-position-alleged-ill-treatment-prisoners
[22] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=3F6C2B8B20272F58C12563CD0051A2BB
[23] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=58854E245CB34B82C12563CD0051A8E4
[24] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=C083F579BD003884C12563CD0051B5D3
[25] https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=6F96EE4C7D1E72CAC12563CD0051C63A