Resumen de The Dutch Committee of Inquiry on the War in Iraq and the Basis in International Law for the Military Intervention
On 12 January 2010, the Dutch Committee of Inquiry into the War in Iraq presented its report to Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende and provided copies to both houses of Parliament. The Committee (also known as the Davids Committee after its chairperson) had been established by the Dutch cabinet on 6 March 2009 to conduct an independent inquiry into the decision-making process leading to Dutch political (but not military) support of the US/UK invasion in Iraq in 2003, and into aspects of international law, intelligence and information gathering as well as alleged Dutch military involvement in Iraq. This article first provides a brief review of the terms of reference of the Committee, its working methods and the...
