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http://972mag.com/palestinian-rights-organization-denounces-syrian-crimes-against-humanity/34944/
 
 
Palestinian rights group condemns Syrian ‘war crimes’
 
By Fady Khoury
 
Adalah – the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel issued a
press release on Tuesday denouncing the Syrian regime’s attacks on its
own citizens. The organization – whose name means “justice” in Arabic
– said that the attacks amount to war crimes and crimes against
humanity, violating international criminal law and more specifically
the Rome Statute and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949:
 
    Adalah condemns the brutal massacre committed by the Syrian regime
on 3 and 4 February 2012 against its own citizens in Homs, where it
used tanks, artillery and mortar fire in densely-populated civilian
areas. The attacks resulted in the deaths of over 200 people and the
injury of hundreds of others, according to multiple sources. This
massacre and the systematic killing of citizens by the Syrian regime,
which began with the outbreak of pro-reform protests in March 2011,
has so far claimed at least 7,100 lives, according to local
coordination committees. Intentionally directing attacks against
civilians is considered a crime against humanity in international
criminal law, specifically Article 7 of the Rome Statute, and a war
crime under Article 8 of the Rome Statute of 1998. Willful killing and
causing wanton, extensive destruction to property are also considered
grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949.
 
Adalah’s mandate is to promote and defend the rights of Palestinian
Arab citizens of Israel and Palestinians living in the Occupied
Territories. The Syrian matter clearly exceeds this mandate, but the
severe violations of Syrians’ basic human and civil rights shocks the
conscience of any human rights advocate.
 
Instead of confronting allegations of oppression, misconduct and
civilian killings, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime has avoided
responsibility; censored media coverage; waged a campaign of
deliberate misinformation; and blamed the protestors of plotting with
foreign bodies, agencies and countries to destroy Syria. The regime’s
actions can be explained by the absence of a democratic conception of
human rights in a state that has been under emergency law since 1963.
 
The counter-violence of armed groups should also be a source of
concern for the safety of civilians, said Adalah:
 
    The brutality inflicted by the Syrian regime on its citizens is a
direct result of a systemic lack of democracy and respect for human
rights in the country. The regime is based on militaristic oppression,
which it has employed against its own people for decades. The Syrian
regime has repeatedly refused to admit responsibility for the
killings, and is instead waging a campaign of deliberate
misinformation. Acts of violence against civilians are also being
perpetrated by unidentified armed groups; however, the regime’s
violence does not justify acts of counter-violence or reprisals by
other parties.
 
In addition to calling on both sides – the Syrian regime and the
groups that apply armed resistance – to cease the violence, and for
the installation of a democratic regime based “on the rule of law, the
separation of powers, and respect for human rights and civil rights
for all,” Adalah also expressed the need for an “independent and
effective investigation into the Homs massacre and other acts of
violence against citizens in Syria based on international standards of
independence, impartiality, transparency, promptness and
effectiveness.”
 
It is of great importance to end the violence and move Syria toward a
real democratic regime in which the citizens are able to control their
collective fate; determine their own political and civic lives; and
realize their basic political, civil and human rights according to
international standards. But the events of the last year, and
especially of the last weekend in Homs, must be investigated, and
those who are responsible must be held accountable.
 
The numbers of dead resulting from a war cannot by themselves provide
enough evidence for a conviction of crimes against humanity or war
crimes, and little can be known for certain while the war is still
going on. However, one cannot ignore the numbers of those killed,
because they serve as an indication of the high probability of gross
misconduct on the part of the Syrian regime, and warrant an
independent criminal investigation in order to either refute any
wrongdoing or to establish criminal behavior.
 
The partial picture we have of the Syrian matter raises significant
concerns as to how horrific the unknown may be.
 
Fady Khoury is a legal intern at Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab
Minority Rights in Israel. The views expressed in this article are
those of the author and not Adalah.

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