The Dutch Committee of Inquiry on the War in Iraq and the Basis in International Law for the Military Intervention

• Autores: Nico J. Schrijver
• Localización: British year book of international law, ISSN 0068-2691, Nº 87, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Symposium on the Iraq Inquiry), págs. 125-148
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1093/bybil/bry015
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• Resumen

  • On 12 January 2010, the Dutch Committee of Inquiry into the War in Iraq presented its report to Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende and provided copies to both houses of Parliament. The Committee (also known as the Davids Committee after its chairperson) had been established by the Dutch cabinet on 6 March 2009 to conduct an independent inquiry into the decision-making process leading to Dutch political (but not military) support of the US/UK invasion in Iraq in 2003, and into aspects of international law, intelligence and information gathering as well as alleged Dutch military involvement in Iraq. This article first provides a brief review of the terms of reference of the Committee, its working methods and the...