His trial opened on 19 October 2005, he was sentenced to death by hanging on 5 November 2006; his appeal was lodged on 3 December 2006; his sentence was confirmed on 26 December 2006; he was executed by hanging on 15 January 2007
position :
Chief justice of the of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court
Awad Hamed al-Bandar was born in 1945. He was the chief justice of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court. According to the indictment, he conducted show trials that often lead to summary death sentences. Al-Bandar is said to have passed death sentences on many Shiites from the village of Dujail.
On 8 July 1982, Saddam Hussein visited Dujail to meet with tribal leaders. Dujail was a stronghold of the Shiite Dawa Party, which carried out terrorist attacks in Iraq to protest against the war with Shiite Iran. The Dawa party also wanted to assassinate Saddam Hussein to avenge the execution of one of its founders. When Saddam Hussein’s motorcade entered the city, the Dawa members opened fire. A four-hour battle ensued. Saddam Hussein was saved by soldiers and army helicopters. Though Hussein had promised that there would be no retaliation, the secret service soon went into action: the town’s fruit plantations were destroyed and nearly 150 people killed. The youngest victims were 13 years old.
These events in Dujail constitute the main focus of the trial before the Special Tribunal.
On 30 June 2004, Awad Hamed al-Bandar was formally handed over to the interim Iraqi Government.
