War Crimes

• Took a leading role in the brutal repression of the Uprising after the Gulf War in 1991, including mass executions, torture and widespread destruction.

Crimes Against Humanity

• Initiated attacks on Iraq's civilian population in the southern marshes (against the Shi'as and Marsh Arabs).

• Involved in the continuing repression of religious and ethnic minorities including forced deportation, disappearances and murder.

• Initiated and supervised a program of prison cleansing, which has resulted in mass arbitrary executions of prisoners.

• As a member of the National Security Council, he bears command responsibility for all crimes committed under the authority or acquiescence of that body.

Genocide

• Initiated the use of brutal military force against the Marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq as part of an ongoing campaign against the Shi'as, including the deliberate destruction of the Marsh Arabs' way of life.

Torture

• As head of the Iraqi internal security agencies, he is alleged to have permitted and encouraged the endemic use of torture, including rape and the threat of rape, in Iraq.