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State Responsibility for Acts of Torture: Netherlands/Canada v Syria at the International Court of Justice
[Veronica Bellintani is an international law expert and Senior Legal Officer at the Syrian Legal Development Programme.] [Mouhanad Sharabati is a Syrian lawyer and Legal Officer at the Syrian Legal Development Programme.] On June 8, 2023, Canada and the Netherlands (the applicants) jointly filed an application at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to initiate proceedings in their names against the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria). The application concerns Syria's...