Camp Justice (Iraq)

For other uses, see Camp Justice (disambiguation).

Camp Justice (also known as Camp Al-Adala; Arabic: معسكر العدالة) was a joint Iraqi-U.S. military base^[1] in the Kadhimiya district of Baghdad, Iraq.

Camp Justice
معسكر العدالة
Kadhimiya, Baghdad, in Iraq
Pilgrims march outside Camp Justice in 2004.
Site information
Type	Military base
Operator	United States Army, Iraqi military
Controlled by	United States Army, Iraqi military
Open to the public	No
Condition	Active
Location
Camp Justice Location of Camp Justice in Kadhimiya, Baghdad
Coordinates	33.382°N 44.353°E / 33.382; 44.353
Site history
Built	2004
In use	2004 – present
Battles/wars	2006 Execution of Saddam Hussein, 2007 Executions of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Taha Yassin Ramadan, and 2010 Hanging of Ali Hassan al-Majid (Chemical Ali)
Events	2006 Execution of Saddam Hussein, 2007 Executions of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and others, 2010 Hanging of Ali Hassan al-Majid
Garrison information
Garrison	United States Army, Iraqi military
Formerly known as "Camp Banzai" until mid-September 2004.

Etymology

The location was renamed from "Camp Banzai" in mid-September 2004 as part of an effort to give Army facilities around Baghdad friendlier names.^[2]

History

Camp Justice was the location of the 2006 execution of Saddam Hussein; the 2007 hanging of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, and Taha Yassin Ramadan; and the 2010 hanging of Saddam's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, a.k.a. Chemical Ali.

The former president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was executed at approximately 05:50 +03:00 UTC on December 30, 2006. Two weeks later on January 15, 2007, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former head of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former head of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court, were also executed by hanging at this site.^[3]

Saddam's former deputy and former vice-president, Taha Yassin Ramadan (who was originally sentenced to life in prison on November 5, 2006, but had it changed to a death sentence three months later), was likewise hanged here on March 20, 2007, two months and five days after Barzan's and al-Bandar's execution. Likewise Saddam's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid (Chemical Ali) was hanged on January 25, 2010 (three years after his cousin's execution), after receiving four death sentences.^[3]

Correctional facilities

Women on Iraq's death row are held at the Shaaba Khamsa death row facility at Camp Justice. As of 2014 the adult women's death row had 36 women as well as children even though the facility was only intended to hold 25 women.^[4]