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ICC could look at Australian special forces and Afghan civilian deaths in 2009

Children come out to see Australian Special Operations Task Group soldiers and Afghan police visiting their village in 2009
Children come out to see Australian Special Operations Task Group soldiers and Afghan police visiting their village in 2009 Source: Dept of Defence

Could the International Criminal Court try to exercise its jurisdiction over alleged Australian special forces' involvement in civilian deaths in Afghanistan?


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By Kristina Kukolja, Thảo Hồ

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Could the International Criminal Court try to exercise its jurisdiction over alleged Australian special forces' involvement in civilian deaths in Afghanistan?


The federal Attorney-General's Department is refusing to release information on possible communication with the International Criminal Court.

 

The information sought concerned a 2009 raid on a compound in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province that saw Australian special forces soldiers charged over the deaths of six civilians - most of them children.

 


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