{"id":46113,"date":"2020-11-27T10:07:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T09:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/46113-australia-wake-up-call-war-crimes.html"},"modified":"2020-11-27T10:07:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T09:07:38","slug":"australia-wake-up-call-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/46113-australia-wake-up-call-war-crimes.html","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s wake-up call on war crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Execution of prisoners, a \u201cblooding\u201d practice where subordinates are ordered to kill out-of-action enemy combatants, a system of covering up war crimes, and \u201ccollective blindness\u201d of the army hierarchy: the Brereton inquiry into alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan has shaken Australia. A special prosecutor will soon be appointed in Australia to handle the matter. Will the Australian military break the code of silence? Will the country decide to set up a national war crimes unit? Are there implications for other Western armies, or for the International Criminal Court? Our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts talk to Rawan Arraf, the director of the Australian Centre for International Justice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>To listen to the podcast, click on the \"play\" button below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/id\/70785815\/#time-0&amp;darkOrLight-Light&amp;shownotes-ffffff&amp;shownotesBackground-ffc72c&amp;download-ffffff&amp;downloadBackground-382e2c&amp;subscribe-ffffff&amp;subscribeBackground-9b9593&amp;share-382e2c&amp;shareBackground-ffffff\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Australian political, military and legal establishments have been rocked this month by the publication of <a href=\"https:\/\/afghanistaninquiry.defence.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-11\/IGADF-Afghanistan-Inquiry-Public-Release-Version.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">big investigation<\/a> \u2013 known as the Brereton report \u2013 which states that Australian soldiers committed war crimes in Afghanistan. It identified 23 incidents in which 39 people were killed and another two people were subjected to cruel treatment by Australian special forces.\u00a0 All of the victims were either civilians or people considered \u2018hors de combat\u2019 \u2013 for instance prisoners of war.<\/p>\n<p>To explain a bit more, and especially to tell us what happens next, we contacted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rawanarraf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rawan Arraf<\/a>, Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theACIJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Centre for International Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-encadre\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;\">\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pull-left\" title=\"Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast\" src=\"media\/Asymmetrical-Haircuts-podcast_logo.png\" alt=\"Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>ASYMMETRICAL HAIRCUTS<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This podcast has been published as part of a partnership between JusticeInfo.net and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Asymmetrical Haircuts<\/a>, a podcast on international justice produced from The Hague by journalists Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who retain full control and independence over the contents of the podcast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Execution of prisoners, a \u201cblooding\u201d practice where subordinates are ordered to kill out-of-action enemy combatants, a system of covering up war crimes, and \u201ccollective blindness\u201d of the army hierarchy: the Brereton inquiry into alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan has shaken Australia. 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