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June 12, 2012       Share:    

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Bring Syria to Justice

(New York Times)- Bernard Kouchner- The urgency of the crisis [in Syria] demands an appeal to international justice. We know the International Criminal Court opens cases at the request of the Security Council, and we know that for now Russia and China would block that. But the UN secretary general can recommend an investigation by the prosecutor of the ICC. And the victims themselves have the right to refer a case to the court. It is imperative that we support them. All human rights organizations must demand that international justice be satisfied. The ICC must start an investigation. We did it, successfully, in the Balkans, in Liberia and most recently in Guinea. And the signatories of the Treaty of Rome must support the victims with all the power of their diplomacy. The writer is a former foreign minister of France.

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