đź“… 23 December 2005
The Hague District Court convicted Frans van Anraat of complicity in war crimes for supplying a mustard-gas precursor to Iraq and sentenced him to fifteen years. He was acquitted of complicity in...
đź“… 9 May 2007
The Hague Court of Appeal upheld van Anraat’s war crimes complicity conviction and increased his sentence to seventeen years. The case concerned chemical attacks including those on Iranian victims.
đź“… 30 June 2009
The Dutch Supreme Court upheld van Anraat’s war crimes complicity conviction. It reduced his seventeen-year sentence by six months because of the length of proceedings.
đź“… 6 July 2010
The European Court of Human Rights declared Frans van Anraat’s application inadmissible. The case concerned his conviction for assisting chemical attacks, including attacks in Iran.
đź“… 23 April 2013
The Hague court ordered van Anraat to compensate chemical-attack victims from Iran and Iraq. Civil damages were a separate avenue from the earlier criminal conviction.
đź“… 7 April 2015
The Hague Court of Appeal upheld van Anraat’s liability to compensate victims of mustard-gas attacks in Iran and Iraq. Upholding an award did not establish that all money had been paid.
