Military Families against the War
Military Families have launched a petition demanding a full public inquiry into the Iraq war. Sign the petition here.

Count the casualties campaign
We urge you to email Jack Straw to ask the government to commission a comprehensive, independent inquiry to determine how many Iraqis have died or been injured since the 2003 invasion. You can do so by going to: http://www.countthecasualties.org.uk/

CND maintains the belief that war is an ineffective way to deal with weapons of mass destruction. We fully support disarmament of all nations through peaceful diplomacy. The concerted strengthening of international weapons treaties and implementation of a rigid weapons inspections programme over a realistic timeline would have been a much more effective way of disarming Iraq and preventing the future spread of weapons of mass destruction, without grave humanitarian consequences.

The US-UK led war on Iraq has led to the build up of a massive humanitarian crisis. CND still believes that the war was immoral and illegal. For the latest in Iraq’s civilian death toll, click here.

Butler Report: CND calls for political accountability

Peace campaigners welcomed the Butler Report as a 'step in the right direction.' They cautioned, however that until there was real political accountability for the decision to go to war then the British people were being sold short.. More >>  

Iraq and the Fairford Five

The Fairford Five have failed to overturn a decision to prevent them using the illegality of the war as a defence in their forthcoming trials. The Appeal Court Judges ruled that is was “not necessary” to consider the legality of the war in Iraq for the accused to have a defence in law. However the judges did not rule on whether secondary war crimes could be considered in the trial. For the defendants' reaction click here. For the full Appeal Court ruling, click here.

For details of the Foreign Office argument to the Appeal Court, click here. For details of the initial judgement, click here. Read this Guardian article on the background to the case. For information about the forthcoming trial and the defendants, click here. Click here for news of other protestors against the war facing trial.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4855872.stm

Iraq war crimes - 'a case to answer' says tribunal

The first steps on this initiative were taken in January 2003, before the war had even started. CND joined a coalition of law professors and leading NGO’s to serve notice on Blair, Hoon and Straw that they would be investigated by the ICC Prosecutor if the UK breaches International Humanitarian Law (IHL) during any proposed use of force against Iraq. The notice detailed how and why the breaches of IHL could occur and was served on the Prime Minister during filming for the Channel 4 programme 'Mark Thomas…Weapons Inspector'.

Leading international law experts brought together by Peacerights, a UK based NGO, have submitted a report which recommends that the UK government should be investigated for war crimes in Iraq (see the Executive Summary). The full report has been sent to the ICC for consideration. Further evidence from recent events during the occupation of Iraq is also being compiled. The Attorney General was also asked to investigate, but unsurprisingly rejected the proposal. The tribunal was partly financed by the White Ribbon Campaign, which many CND activists contributed to. More

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