Carla Del Ponte, Renowned War Crimes Prosecutor, Appointed To Syria Probe
The body also named renowned former U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte to the panel, in a sign of stepped-up efforts to gather evidence against members of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. The panel has blamed Syria's government forces ...www.huffingtonpost.com
WRAPUP 1-Syria rebels struggle to advance in Aleppo offensive
Former ICC chief prosecutor joins Syria war crimes inquiry. * "Friends of Syria" to meet but little progress expected.www.reuters.com
UN investigators draw up 2nd list of Syrian warcrimes suspects
GENEVA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators said on Monday that they had drawn up a new list of Syrians and units suspected of committing war crimes who should face criminal prosecution someday. The independent investigators ...www.reuters.com
Syria's neighbors seek extension of U.N. war crimes inquiry
GENEVA (Reuters) - Arab countries proposed on Friday extending the mandate of U.N. investigators documenting war crimes in Syria and said that more experts were needed for the growing task. A draft resolution submitted to the United Nations Human ...articles.chicagotribune.com
UN Rights Council Appoints Del Ponte To Syria Probe
GENEVA (AFP)--Former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte is to join the U.N. probe into rights abuses in Syria, the U.N.www.zawya.com
Rebels claim advances in Aleppo as battles rage
The UN's top human rights body on Friday extended by six months the mission of its independent expert panel probing alleged war crimes in Syria's 18-month conflict. War crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte appears set to join the probe a spokesman has ...gulfnews.com
Human rights chief on Syria: 'mass killings, summary executions, and torture ...
Syria's opposition forces, she warned, "should be under no illusion that they will be immune from prosecution" for their alleged crimes. "I urge them to make a strenuous effort to halt the deterioration in their conduct, and adhere to fundamental norms ...turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com
Defense: Ohio Amish haircuttings not a hate crime
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded international action to stop the war in Syria, telling a somber gathering of world leaders Tuesday that the 18-month conflict had become "a regional calamity with global ramifications.www.kcautv.com
Syria: New evidence – High civilian death toll from campaign of indiscriminate ...
The UN Security Council should speed up this process by referring the situation in Syria to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in order to ensure that that the perpetrators of these war crimes and other crimes under international ...www.amnesty.org
Bush, Blair should be tried for war crimes, Nobel peace laureate says
While the International Criminal Court can handle cases of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, it does not currently have the jurisdiction to prosecute crimes of aggression.www.mercurynews.com
CBS Atlanta 46AP Exclusive: Philadelphia man Nazi probe target
BERLIN (AP) - Germany has launched a war crimes investigation against an 87-year-old Philadelphia man it accuses of serving as an SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp, The Associated Press has learned, following years of failed U.S.www.cbsatlanta.com
Is Central Asia on the Verge of a Water War?
It's fair to say that when Louise Arbour, the hard-ass former UN prosecutor of war criminal Slobodan Milošević, lists her bets on future wars, the rest of us should take her seriously.www.vice.com
World refocuses on Syria as Assad's circle crumbles
Amnesty recommended that the UN Security Council refer the Syrian crisis to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in order to try Syrian officials for war crimes. In the latest indication that Assad's inner circle is crumbling, his own ...www.jpost.com
Jordan arrests 8 Syrian refugees over camp riots
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Jordan has arrested eight Syrian refugees suspected of involvement in riots this week at a refugee camp close to the border with Syria and is enforcing stricter security measures at the facility. A Jordanian prosecutor said ...www.cbs12.com
UN Official Warns Syrian Rebels About Atrocities
BEIRUT, Lebanon - The top United Nations human rights official warned opposition fighters in Syria on Monday that they would not be immune from prosecution for atrocities, as videos from the Syrian city of Aleppo appeared to show a mass execution by ...www.nytimes.com
Turkey appeals to UN council for Syria safe zone
Fabius said the two countries also want to encourage Syrians to defect and Hague urged them to do it sooner rather than later to avoid possible future war crimes prosecution. The ministers said Britain and France are also working on plans for a ...www.google.com
Killings continue in Syria as UN sends another envoy to resolve the crisis
Meanwhile, earlier this month, the UN Human Rights Commissioner, Navi Pillay, has warned Syria's warring factions that prosecutors will catch up with suspected war criminals. She told the UN Human Rights Council that both sides in Syria are culpable.www.muslimnews.co.uk
AP NewsBreak: Man behind Muslim video changed name
... killing at least five people. The number of Syrians in need of food aid has jumped from 250,000 in April to 1.5 million today, the head of the U.N.www.myfoxny.com
Syrian military's text to rebels: 'Game over'
Cellphones in Syria rang, buzzed and chirped Thursday with an ominous text message from the military to members of the armed rebellion: "Game over.www.woi-tv.com
SKeyes condemns killing of Iranian TV reporter in Syria
It also called for the prosecution of those behind the attacks on journalists and civilians, saying these attacks are tantamount to "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity." A correspondent for Iran's English-language Press TV was shot dead in Syria ...www.dailystar.com.lb
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