All of this is in the context that the current government is trying to pass a law which would make prosecuting war crimes of more than 5 years old much more difficult - see my podcast with @davidallengreen and @SonyaSceats anchor.fm/better-human/e… 
In short, investigation closed as ICC has no jurisdiction to investigate where state authorities have genuinely been willing to carry out relevant investigations and/or prosecutions and decisions not to prosecute were not because state was unwilling...
BUT still plenty of troubling reading in this report:
"preliminary examination has found that there is a reasonable basis to believe that various forms of abuse were committed by members of UK armed forces against Iraqi civilians in detention"...
"preliminary examination has found that there is a reasonable basis to believe that various forms of abuse were committed by members of UK armed forces against Iraqi civilians in detention"...
"Nor is it controversial to conclude that the initial response of the British Army in theatre at the time of the alleged offences was inadequate and vitiated by a lack of a genuine effort to carry out relevant investigations independently or impartial"
And this shocker
All of this is in the context that the current government is trying to pass a law which would make prosecuting war crimes of more than 5 years old much more difficult - see my podcast with @davidallengreen and @SonyaSceats anchor.fm/better-human/e…
The first tweet of the thread copied the last one for some reason! Rather than doing it all again, this is about an important new @IntlCrimCourt report on possible war crimes by UK troops in Iraq 2003 icc-cpi.int/itemsDocuments…
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