International Commission of Jurists
Syria: accountability for human rights violations and international crimes paramount, security council must act

Syria: accountability for human rights violations and international crimes paramount, security council must act

Aug 23, 2011 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions

The ICJ and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) stressed that accountability for human rights violations and alleged crimes is paramount, including for all those under the command of the Syrian authorities.

These include members of the Presidential Guard, the Fourth Division of the Army and the Shabbiha “civilian militia” forces.

The ICJ and OMCT welcomed the resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council, strongly condemning the continued grave and systematic human rights violations committed by the Syrian authorities and establishing an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate the human rights situation in the country.

Syria-violation of human rights-non-legal submission-2011 (full text, PDF)

ICJ-OMCT joint oral intervention on the situation of human rights in Syria

ICJ-OMCT joint oral intervention on the situation of human rights in Syria

Aug 23, 2011 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions

During a second special session on the human rights situation in Syria, the ICJ and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) addressed the Human Rights Council.

They welcomed the strong terms of the draft resolution before the Council and called for unanimous adoption of the resolution; they also called for action by all States in their capacity as members of the Security Council, or as States who might influence the Security Council, to urge the Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Syria-violation of human rights-non-legal submission-2011 (full text, PDF)

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