It's understood the International Criminal Court has been asked to investigate allegations of abuse by British soldiers in Iraq.
A human rights organisation and a law firm have compiled a dossier containing accusations of more than 1-thousand cases of torture against Iraqi civilians, and 200 unlawful killings.
The British Ministry of Defence rejects any suggestion the Armed Forces systematically tortured detainees.
But former British Commander Richard Kemp thinks all of the accusations have already been looked at;