Facts In April 2002 the former Prime Minister of Great Britain [Tony Blair] decided to form a Coalition with the United States of America to greatly increase the number and ferocity of armed attacks against the State of Iraq with the intention of removing the regime of Saddam Hussein and destroying Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction1. Subsequently members of HM Government gave orders for HM armed forces to be deployed to the Middle East in readiness for a full-scale armed invasion of Iraq. In a vote in Parliament on March 18th 2003 412 MPs voted in favour of war knowing that armed attacks by Coalition forces using high-explosive weapons would result in the death and injury of Iraqi citizens. The invasion and occupation of Iraq by Coalition armed forces began on March 20th 2003 causing the deaths of at least 200,000 and possibly 1,000,000 Iraqi citizens and injury to many more. OFFENCES UNDER DOMESTIC LAW 50 (1) In this part “genocide” means an act of genocide as defined in Article 6, ARTICLE 6 Genocide For the purpose of this Statute, “genocide” means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such (a) killing members of the group; (b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part…” 51 Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (1) It is an offence against the law of England and Wales for a person to commit genocide, a crime against humanity or a war crime. (2) This section applies to acts committed – (a) in England or Wales, or (b) outside the United Kingdom by a United Kingdom national, a United Kingdom resident or a person subject to UK service jurisdiction. 52 Conduct ancillary to genocide, etc. committed outside jurisdiction (1) It is an offence against the law of England and Wales for a person to engage in conduct ancillary to an act to which this section applies. (2) This section applies to an act that if committed in England or Wales would constitute - (a) an offence under section 51 (genocide, crime against humanity or war crime), or (b) an offence under this section, but which, being committed (or intended to be committed) outside England and Wales, does not constitute such an offence.