The Quality of Justice

Failings of Iraq's Central Criminal Court

I. Summary

II. Recommendations

To the Iraqi Government

To the United States Government and the Multinational Force (MNF)

To the International Donor Community

III. Methodology

IV. Background

Referrals by the MNF

February 2008 Amnesty and the CCCI Caseload

V. Legal Framework

Iraqi Law..

International Human Rights Law..

Child Detainees

VI. Delays in Hearings

VII. Lack of Evidence and Reliance on Secret Informants

VIII. Access to and Quality of Defense

IX. Coerced Testimony and Abuse in Detention

X. Acknowledgments