War Crimes
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Ministry of Defence,
Please provide a report on the number of war crimes allegations reported to the Ministry involving NZDF, since September 11, 2001.
Yours faithfully,
Rodney Parsons
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Ministry of Defence
Hi Rodney,
Please see attached the response to your Official Information Act request.
Kind regards,
Ministry of Defence
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Information,
The Burnham Inquiry reported that a range of concerns, including allegations of war crimes, were raised with them but were found to be outside of the scope of the inquiry and proposed to be dealt with by other processes.
Based on your feedback, it would appear that no further reviews have been undertaken to investigate these concerns. If not, please confirm this. If there have been reviews, including courts of inquiry, please provide those reviews.
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
From: Information
Ministry of Defence
Hi Rodney,
Please see attached the response to your enquiry.
Kind regards,
Ministry of Defence
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Mr Schmidt,
I appreciate your response. Unfortunately you haven't responded to my question.
Please provide the information related to what has occurred with the war crimes allegations that fell outside of the Burnham Inquiry. Whatever the structures setup, NZDF has a responsibility to follow the laws of armed conflict and therefore to investigate allegations of war crimes. Outside of the war crimes covered by the Burnham Inquiry, please provide the information requested or confirm that no additional reviews have been undertaken by NZDF. Alternatively, if you're withholding information, please outline the basis for withholding the information.
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
From: Information
Ministry of Defence
Hi Rodney,
Please see attached the response to your Official Information Act request.
Kind regards,
Ministry of Defence
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From: Ministerial Services
Good afternoon Rodney Parsons
With reference to your below request, which was transferred by the Ministry of Defence to the New Zealand Defence Force for response, if you are asking for information about specific allegations, it would be helpful if you could point us to those (or even to a specific conflict/event or to a particular time frame).
We look forward to your response..
Regards
Corporate and Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force
www.nzdf.mil.nz
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Ministerial Services,
During the inquiry, a range of matters not directly related to the scope of the inquiry were raised, including allegations of war crimes in the months and years before and after. I'm a little surprised you want me to detail the events?
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
From: Ministerial Services
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Good morning Rodney,
A number of matters were raised during the course of the Inquiry, however,
the Government Inquiry into Operation Burnham found that no war crimes had
taken place during Operations Burnham and Nova. The Inquiry made no
recommendation to investigate war crimes allegations that fell outside of
the Burnham Inquiry.
It is therefore necessary that you identify the particular war crimes
allegations that form the basis of your request.
Regards
Corporate and Ministerial Services
OCDF, Office of Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force
[3]www.nzdf.mil.nz
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From: Ministerial Services
Good afternoon Rodney Parsons
Please find attached the response to your request for information.
Regards
Corporate and Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force
[1]www.nzdf.mil.nz
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