Nearly one million Iraqi children are affected by the presence of landmines with hundreds having been maimed or killed by exploded cluster bombs since 1991, a UN statement acknowledged.
Maggie O'Kane, Executive Producer, tells the story revealed by the Guardian documentary about the role of Col. James Steele in supporting torture, death squads and brutal sectarian conflict during the height of the Iraq war. Steel's reports went directly to Rumsfeld and Cheney.
GICJ and BRussells Tribunal coordinated the work of more than 300 NGOs and submitted to the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council reports covering the human rights situation in Iraq.
the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council takes place in the United Nations in Geneva from 25 February to 22 March 2024.