Legal Action Against War Mass Petition Signing

On the LAAW website you can find the petition forms that you can print out, there are 4 to choose from.

Print off as many forms as you require and get everyone you know to sign them.

LAAW WILL BE HANDING IN COMPLETED PETITION FORMS TO SCOTLAND YARD

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FULL DETAILS

On Friday 21st November at 12 noon a delegation from LAAW will be handing in to Scotland Yard a petition calling on the police to investigate Tony Blair for War crimes. LAAW believes that the Prime Minister committed a number of offences under the International Criminal Court Act of 2001.

The act introduced three new offences into British Law, those of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Every citizen has a duty to report crimes to the police, and that is what LAAW will be doing. When a crime is reported it is the duty of the Police and the Crown Prosecution Service to investigate the reported crime and arrest, charge and prosecute the offenders if there is a case to answer.

The petition focuses on a number of issues, such as the use of indiscriminate weapons like cluster bombs and depleted uranium. It argues that the use of such weapons was itself a war crime. Cluster bombs are designed as indiscriminate anti-personnel bombs to kill or injure people and they are not effective against military installations. The wilful killing of civilians in this manner is a War crime and is a criminal offence under British Law (ICC Act 2001 Sections 51 and 52 and Schedule 8 Article 8).

Similarly the British use of depleted uranium shells, causing toxic uranium dust particles to disperse and contaminate wide areas of southern Iraq , is a war crime. This horrific act will lead to increases in cancers, premature deaths and miscarriages in pregnant women in Iraq for years to come. Wilfully killing and injuring civilians in this manner is both a crime against humanity (ICC Act Sch. 8 Article 7) and a War crime (ICC Act 2001 Sch. 8 Article 8 sections 2(a) (i) and 2(b) (iv) (xvii) (xviii).

For Tony Blair to give the orders to engage in such acts was ancillary conduct to the offences.

The LAAW delegation are meeting at 11.45am Scotland Yard where it will hand the petitions in, at 12 noon.

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PETITION FORMS CAN BE FOUND HERE >>  http://www.laaw.org/events/petition_form.htm


TEMPLATE LETTERS CAN ALSO BE FOUND HERE >>  http://www.laaw.org/events/petition_form.htm  http://www.laaw.org/actions/actions.htm


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LAAW receives no funding and depends on donations to continue its work. We all give our time free, but printing, telecoms, postage, maintenance of the web-site, travel and so on are costs which we rely on our supporters to help defray.
Your donations will be greatly appreciated and will help us to continue our work in bringing the war-mongers to trial and in promoting new, more democratic, processes which will prevent the UK 's participation in wars of aggression.
If you can help by making a one-off or occasional donation please send a cheque made out to LAAW including, if you wish, a letter with your personal details to: If you can help by making a one-off or occasional donation please send a cheque made out to LAAW.

DETAILS CAN BE FOUND HERE >>  http://www.laaw.org/about_us/donations.htm