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15 Jul Chemical weapons in Syria – German and Belgian companies complicit?
...perpetrated in Syria-a nation that seems to have fallen through the cracks of the international justice system. In March 2018 the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 511,000 since the war in Syria began in 2011.According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 6,2 million people have been displaced internally. As the war goes on, crimes continue to be committed with unbridled impunity. To date, Russia and China have prevented the situation in Syria from coming before the International Criminal Court by exercising their veto...
15 Mar SCSL Symposium: A Legal Legacy that Opens the Way to Justice in Challenging Places and Times–Part II
to have been perpetrated by the Syrian Arab Republic, including those who ordered such attacks.” The Decision noted that the OPCW had concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Syria IIIM which had its “full support” and to which it would provide relevant information. Finally it promised “the greatest measure of assistance in connection with criminal investigations or criminal proceedings in accordance with international law.” The OPCW Executive Council provided Syria with 90 days to respond, and if Syria failed to redress the situation, recommended that the Conference of...
07 Oct Rethinking International Law After Gaza: A Symposium and a Call to Action
...Israel to pursue what Lydia Wazir provocatively describes as its ‘own final solution’. The richness of viewpoints at the conference led the organisers and me to carry the conversation forward via this symposium, ensuring allies who were unable to attend could still engage with the insights. Alongside the demonstrations taking place around the world in condemnation of a year of grotesque violence, over the next five days, we will publish perspectives on varied aspects of the occupation, apartheid, genocide, zionism, and, of course, resistance, all through the lens of international...14 Oct A Syrian IAC?
and likewise contains no indication that the U.S. military has (in the course of defending its own forces’ activities against other actors in the asserted ‘no-fly’ areas of Syria) fired on any Syrian aircraft or other Syrian assets. The U.S. has, to be sure, asserted its right to defend its forces in the region from Syrian attack, and has in particular highlighted a geographic area where U.S. forces are operating actively as an area in which it will assert this right of self-defense if attacked by Syria, but this sounds...21 May Luna Droubi Guest Post: A Call for Humanitarian Intervention in Syria
to flee from the brutality. As the years dragged on, nearly every Syrian I know (including me) has had a family member or friend who has been “disappeared,” only to return years later unable to talk about the severity of their detainment and torture. These stories and more are ingrained in the minds of everyday Syrians, who are too frightened to mention anything about their political beliefs lest the Mukhabarat, the thug-like secret police force, find out. The world watches but does nothing. Humanitarian intervention in Syria, under the Responsibility...07 Aug Emerging Voices: Limits to R2P–Lessons from the Arab Spring Conflicts
...not—should be examined. In both Libya and Syria, the governments used military force against civilians and failed to protect their populations; however, R2P was only applied to Libya. The disparate application of R2P in Syria, in comparison to Libya, illustrates several limiting factors that will guide R2P in future scenarios. Foremost, the Libya-Syria distinction shows that R2P application depends on, and is limited by, regional attitudes towards aggressive international action. This factor reflects the primary difference between the decision to intervene in Libya and not Syria. In the case of...07 Sep Weekend Roundup: August 31-September 6, 2013
Syria dominated (and continues to dominate) the headlines this week, and we featured many takes on the developing situation through our Syria Insta-Symposium. From our regular contributors, Julian pondered whether President Obama would reveal the international law justification on his position regarding intervention in Syria and Kevin questioned US Secretary of State John Kerry’s classification of Syria as the United States’ “Munich Moment.” Peter and Deborah both discussed US domestic/constitutional implications at length. Peter called President Obama’s decision to consult Congress on military intervention a “watershed moment” and wondered if...
28 Apr Syria and the UN Security Council: A Decade Of Abysmal Failures
By Said Benarbia, Director of the ICJ’s Middle East and North Africa Programme Since the start of Syria’s uprising in March 2011, Russia and China have vetoed 16 Draft United Nations Security Council (SC) Resolutions aimed at addressing the plight of the Syrian population and ending the scourge of armed conflict. As a result, the SC has failed to: Establish the UN Independent Mechanism of Investigation to identify individuals, entities, groups, or governments who were perpetrators, organizers, sponsors or otherwise involved in the use of chemical weapons in Syria; Renew...