New Syria War Crimes Panel To Launch Soon

A new UN body tasked with identifying individuals guilty of atrocities in Syria should start work shortly, a key step towards holding war crimes suspects to account, the UN rights chief said Monday. A prominent judge or international lawyer to head the panel will be named “soon”, after funding for the post and a deputy … Read more

Syria Has Become ‘torture Chamber’

The UN rights chief warned Tuesday that a “tidal wave of bloodshed” over more than six years of war in Syria had effectively turned the country into a “torture chamber”. “As the conflict enters its seventh year, this is the worst man-made disaster the world has seen since World War II,” said Zeid Ra’ad Al … Read more