Gordon Brown calls for international criminal court for crimes against children

Children killed, a school turned into a graveyard: even in wartime, we can’t accept this | Gordon Brown

There are rules and world leaders must insist they are honoured in practice and in spirit. After this atrocity in Iran, a more effective tribunal for crimes against children is essential The killing of a reported 168 people, primarily schoolgirls, in the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab in Iran has shaken to its very core the conscience of the world. The attack, carried out nearly two weeks ago when classes were under way, reduced the school building to rubble. Parents who had...

By Gordon Brown