Iraq Forum

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• Comments and questions to: frontlineworld@flworld.org

Topics of debate

• What does political meddling in the trial say about post-election politics in Iraq?
• How has the resignation of Judge Rizgar Amin affected the trial?
• What are your impressions of Saddam's trial to date?

Meet the Panel

• Michael Scharf,
  International Law Professor
• 24 Steps to Liberty,
  Iraqi Reporter and Blogger
• Phebe Marr,
  Iraq Historian
• Nehal Bhuta,
  Human Rights Watch
• Iraq the Model,
  Iraqi blogger
• Faleh Jabar,
  Iraqi scholar

Nehal Bhuta

Arthur Helton Fellow in the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch

www.hrw.org/

Nehal Bhuta is Arthur Helton Fellow in the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch. He has been following justice issues in Iraq since 2003, when he was a co–investigator in a lengthy interview study about Iraqi attitudes towards justice and reconciliation. Since that time, he has continued to keep a close watch on the development of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, including through meetings with tribunal staff and Iraqi government officials. Since October 2005, he has spent 4 weeks in Iraq observing the trial and researching the court.