What does the Netherlands’ attempt to hold the Syrian government accountable for human rights violations mean?
September 22, 2020
Members of the Syrian Organisation for the Victims of War (SOVW) display in Geneva pictures documenting the torture of detainees inside the Assad regime’s prisons and detention centres, 17/3/2016 (AFP)
BEIRUT– Last week, the Netherlands announced that it will hold Syria responsible for gross human rights violations in front of an international court.
For the last nine years, human rights organizations have widely documented torture, enforced disappearances and attacks on civilians committed by the Syrian government.
But the path towards holding the Syrian government accountable has stumbled upon geopolitical interests. Damascus has been sheltered by Russia and China’s vetoes at the UN Security Council (UNSC), preventing the referral of the ‘Syrian case’ to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and hindering the creation of an
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