International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan

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The International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan (ICTA) was a mock court established by civilians in order to charge US President Bush with his war crimes against Afghanistan.

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[edit] Proposer and organizer

  • Proposer - Akira Maeda(Prof. of international criminal law at Tokyo Zokei Univ., Japan)
  • Special Advisor - Ramsey Clark（International Action Center, US）
  • Co-Representatives - Akira Maeda(Prof. of international criminal law at Tokyo Zokei Univ., Japan), Sarah Flounders （International Action Center, US）, Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), Narihiko Ito (Emeritus Prof. of Chūō Univ., Japan), Tokushin Yamauchi (Former Chief of Yomitan Village in Okinawa, Japan)
  • Cooperation - International Action Center (IAC), Global Exchange

[edit] "Defendant"

[edit] "Judge"

  • Presiding Judge - Osamu Nikura (Prof. of international criminal law at Aoyama Gakuin Univ., Japan)
  • Judges - Asaho Mizushima (Prof. of constitutional law at Waseda Univ., Japan), Robert Ian Akroyd(former dean of the law faculty at Aston Univ., attorney, UK), 　Niloufer Bhagwat(Prof. of Bonbei Univ., India), C. Peter Erlinder(former president of American National Lawyers Guild, US)

[edit] "Amicus curiae"

ICTA has no attorney for several reasons. Amicus curiae defends Bush instead.

[edit] "Prosecutor"

  • president - Koken Tsuchiya(former president of the Japanese Federation of Bar Association, attorney, Japan)
  • vice-president - Hiroshi Yamaguchi (attorney, Japan)
  • secretary-general - Sayo Saruta (attorney, Japan)
  • procecutors - Kazuko Ito(attorney, Japan),Miuto Kaga(attorney, Japan), Tsutomu Kamiyama(attorney, Japan), Hajime Kamihara(attorney, Japan), Chieko Tabe(attorney, Japan), kanae Doi(attorney, Japan), Akiko Narumi(attorney, Japan), Kenta Hagio(attorney, Japan)

[edit] Cause of action

[edit] Schedule

  • First tibunal - July 21, 2003
  • Second tibunal - December 13, 2003
  • Third tribunal - December 14, 2003
  • Fourth tribunal - March 13, 2004

[edit] Final Written Opinion of Judge Niloufer Bhagwat 10Mar04

View Judge Niloufer's Final Written Opinion at Mindfully.org

[1] Reprinted with permission

[edit] External links

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