The Speicher Massacre Between International and Iraqi Law

This study addresses the position of international law and Iraqi law concerning the Speicher crime committed by the terrorist organization ISIS in 2014, in which more than (1700) military students were martyred at the Speicher base in Salah Al-Din Governorate. The study will define the nature of this crime in accordance with the international standards stipulated in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, as well as under the applicable Iraqi laws, including the International Criminal Court Law No. (12) of 2005, the Law on the Rights of the Martyrs of the Martyr Pilot Majid Al-Tamimi Air Base Crime No. (12) of 2019, and the Anti-Terrorism Law No. (13) of 2005, without neglecting to review the elements of this crime and compare them to the criteria for international crimes.