Amnesty International today called for a commission to investigate crimes against civilians in Mosul by all sides in the battle to liberate the Iraqi city from jihadists.<br/><br/>Director of Middle East research at Amnesty International said that the horrors that the people of Mosul have witnessed and the disregard for human life by all parties to this conflict must not go unpunished.<br/><br/>In documenting the conflict between January and mid-May, Amnesty found IS violated international humanitarian law and committed war crimes. The jihadist group used civilians as human shields and summarily killed hundreds of people as they tried to flee, hanging victims' bodies in public places.<br/><br/>