Abstract
The present paper seeks to discuss the war crime of committing outrages upon human dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment. This crime is defined in Article 8(2)(b)(xxi) of the International Criminal Court Statute. Although the war crimes perpetrated in Camp 9 of Iraq are not limited to outrages upon human dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment, this crime was selected to be studied here based on several criteria: first, it was inflicted upon all prisoners; second, it was practiced for the entire period of our imprisonment, i.e. four and a half years; third, it was explicit and obvious; and fourth, all prisoners were victimized by this crime. Humiliating and degrading treatment here refers to a lack of lavatories within the dormitories of the camp which brought about degrading and immoral consequences. Unfortunately, the officers of the Red Cross who frequently visited the camp took no measure to solve the problem.
Highlights
Research Questions and Hypotheses 1. Is it possible to consider the lack of lavatories within the dormitories of a prisoners' camp as an instance of committing outrages upon human dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment, according to Article 8(2)(b)(xxi) of the International Criminal Court Statute?
Our hypothesis is that this crime is a war crime of committing outrages upon human dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment
It is hypothesized that the long-term suffering caused by deprivation of lavatory is an instance of torture or, at least, inhuman treatment which is regarded as a war crime in the International Criminal Court Statute
Summary
Is it possible to consider the lack of lavatories within the dormitories of a prisoners' camp as an instance of committing outrages upon human dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment, according to Article 8(2)(b)(xxi) of the International Criminal Court Statute?. 2. Is the long-term suffering caused by deprivation of lavatory not an instance of torture or inhuman treatment?. Our hypothesis is that this crime is a war crime of committing outrages upon human dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment. It is hypothesized that the long-term suffering caused by deprivation of lavatory is an instance of torture or, at least, inhuman treatment which is regarded as a war crime in the International Criminal Court Statute
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