TY - JOUR T1 - The Violation of Human Rights in Iraq During the United States’ Occupation: Revisited AU - Jassam, Tariq Hussein AU - Ayub, Zainal Amin AU - Azmi, Ruzita JO - The Social Sciences VL - 10 IS - 7 SP - 1687 EP - 1695 PY - 2015 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2015.1687.1695 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2015.1687.1695 KW - universal declaration of human rights KW -international humanitarian law KW -US occupation KW -violation of human rights KW -Iraq KW -Geneva Conventions AB - This study provides a panoramic overview on the violation of Human Rights (HR) in Iraq during the United States’ (US) occupation from 2003-2012. It argues that these infringements including occupation-induced illegal mass expulsions to armed forces and police, human abuse, torture, rape, atrocities and deliberate murder in prisons, constitute heinous crimes against humanity. It demonstrates the ineffectiveness of all international principles involving HR to protecting Iraqi nationals despite the occupier being affiliated to the so called United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Furthermore, it is affirmed that these superpowers, being a member of UNSC, either modify the laws in the convention or misinterpret them to legally protect the officials involved in those criminal actions against HR. ER -