The bombing at the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, last month that killed over two dozen people is an indication that ...

1. Could the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Syria? For now, the answer is no. Syria is not a member state of the Rome Statute, the ...

As a result, the ICC can only obtain jurisdiction over crimes there if the Security Council refers the situation in Syria to the court, or Syria voluntarily accepts ICC jurisdiction.

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These are questions that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has not squarely faced, but UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay thinks it should in relation to the situation in Syria.

The International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) chief prosecutor has made an unannounced visit to Syria to meet with Ahmad al-Sharaa, the leader of Syria’s new de facto government, to discuss how ...

“if the Syrian National Council were recognized as the legitimate representative of Syria, then this could support an article 12(3) filing by the SNC to the ICC to accept jurisdiction for the ...

Syria is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, so the UN Security Council would need to pass a resolution to refer the country before the ICC, something permanent members Russia and China have blocked.

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan held discussions on Friday with Syrian authorities on how the war crimes tribunal could help in their efforts to prosecute crimes allegedly ...

The International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) chief prosecutor has made an unannounced visit to Syria to meet with Ahmad al-Sharaa, the leader of Syria’s new de facto government, to discuss how ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan held discussions on Friday with Syrian authorities on how the war crimes tribunal could help in their efforts to ...