Syrian Situation and the International Criminal Court, responsibility to referral and to investigate

Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011 the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity by both the government and pro-government forces and the anti-government military groups has continued to escalate, leading to the worst humanitarian crisis since the Rwandan genocide.

3 November 2013

Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011 the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity by both the government and pro-government forces and the anti-government military groups has continued to escalate, leading to the worst humanitarian crisis since the Rwandan genocide.

In the past two and a half hear years more that 100,000 people have been killed […]

 

Read the full document:  Position Paper – Syrian Situation and the International Criminal Court