Could Canadians be charged with war crimes?

If public inquiry not called, Canadians may be charged at International Criminal Court

Published December 16, 2009

With the government refusing to start a public inquiry and the International Criminal Court having launched a "preliminary" investigation into the Afghan detainee issue, law experts say there is a very real chance Canadian officials could be charged with war crimes.

Until last week, the government and senior officials had been saying they had no credible reports that people detained by the Canadian Forces...

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03/16/12 at 12:03 pm

Dear Sir/Madam,The imprisonment of Gilad Shalit by Hamas for over 5 years now is a war crime. He has not been gaentrd basic human rights and The Red Cross can't even visit him or see how his health is. I urge you to right this wrong and pursue his urgent release.Yours sincerelyPhillip Feren

03/08/10 at 10:03 am

By Ben Ferland

So it would appear that any benefit, real or perceived, that prorogation bolstered on the domestic front is being eclipsed by the damage this procrastination has incurred on the international level. Let us see how Canadians react to being labelled war criminals- this should be a lively one! It would seem that an immediate public inquiry is the only way to prevent this, and Harper has made it pretty clear that such an inquiry is not in his interest, I mean in Canadians' interest.

Could Canadians be charged with war crimes?

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