Dutch chemicals supplier war crimes ruling [Netherlands SC] News
Dutch chemicals supplier war crimes ruling [Netherlands SC]

LJN: BG4822, Hoge Raad, 07/10742, Netherlands Supreme Court, June 30, 2009 [upholding the 2005 war crimes conviction of Frans Van Anraat, a Dutch businessman convicted of selling chemicals used by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to create chemical weapons]. Read the full text of the judgment here.

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/06/epa-grants-california-request-to.php">here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Frans Van Anraat.

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