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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/world/middleeast/syria-bashar-al-assad-evidence.html
As Atrocities Mount in Syria, Justice Seems Out of Reach
(New York Times) Anne Barnard, Ben Hubbard and Ian Fisher - Three tons of captured Syrian government documents provide a chilling and extensive catalog of the state's war crimes. A Syrian police photographer fled with pictures of more than 6,000 dead at the hands of the state, many of them tortured. Yet this mountain of documentation has brought little justice. The people behind the violence remain free, and there is no clear path to bring the bulk of the evidence before any court, anywhere. No cases have gone to the International Criminal Court. The UN Security Council could refer a case to the court, but Russia has repeatedly used its veto power to shield Syria. The Commission for International Justice and Accountability, a nonprofit group funded by Western governments, has prepared eight detailed case briefs against ranking Syrian security and intelligence officials. Seven of them directly implicate Assad.