HC Deb 18 March 1991 vol 188 cc1-2W
Mr. Amos

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will meet his counterparts in the coalition countries to discuss the establishment of a war crimes tribunal to try the activities of Saddam Hussein in the Gulf war; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Various mechanisms already exist under the Geneva conventions for prosecuting grave breaches of the conventions. It is too early to say what machinery might be applied in this case.

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