Paul Khalifé sur Twitter : "Tirs d’artillerie israéliens au sud du #Liban après la chute de 2 roquettes sur la #Galilée. Ces incidents surviennent qlq heures après des raids aériens israéliens contre des positions de l’armée syrienne et ses alliés près d’Alep. #Israel #Syrie #SyrianArabArmy" / Twitter
▻https://twitter.com/Khalifehpaul/status/1417352881552904198
Syrian NGO seeks a first before the ICC: Individual criminal liability for Greece’s abuses against refugees
The #Syria_Justice_and_Accountability_Center (#SJAC) has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor to investigate Greek authorities and European Border and Coast Guard Agency (#Frontex) agents for abuses against asylum-seekers that could amount to crimes against humanity.
On January 28, the Syrian non-governmental organization based in Washington DC submitted a file documenting five years of violations against refugees at the Greek-Turkish border and reception and identification centers in Greece.
Since this submission, Nessma Bashi, Legal Fellow at SJAC, said they have received “hundreds of notifications from victims, mainly Syrian saying: ‘We have witnesses, we have videos, we are willing to testify.’”
Over one million people have journeyed from Turkey to Greece to seek asylum in Europe in the past five years. Greece currently hosts 120,000 asylum-seekers and migrants; 14% of asylum applicants in 2019 were Syrian.
If the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor decides to launch an investigation, “this will be the first major international criminal case pertaining to a European country,” Bashi said. It will be the first time the “individual criminal responsibility” of Greek and European officials “for crimes against humanity committed against asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants in a European country” is addressed, explained Alexandra Lily Kather, a legal consultant in the field of international justice.
Previously, an ICC submission tried to seek accountability of EU member states for their complicity with human rights violations against migrants in Libya, but the case did not go forward.
What crimes against humanity?
SJAC’s submission has gathered documentation of abuses that could amount to five crimes against humanity under Article 7 of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC:
Deportation and forcible transfer of a population:
Greek and Frontex agents have breached international law by expelling asylum seekers by land and sea without allowing them to apply for asylum.
The Hellenic Coast Guard sped past refugee boats and towed them from Greek to Turkish waters, putting people at risk and violating international refugee law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Deportation has been done via coercive measures like physical and psychological violence.
Persecution:
Refugees have been deprived of their fundamental rights in attempts to push them out of Greece. For instance, they have been subjected to inhuman treatment, arbitrary arrests and have been denied their right to a standard of living adequate for their health.
Inhumane acts of the deprivation of humanitarian aid:
Greece has criminalized humanitarian workers accusing them of human-smuggling charges. For instance, in September 2020, 33 NGOs workers were charged with facilitating the clandestine arrival of migrants to Greek territory.
At reception and identification centers, inhuman conditions such as inadequate food, unsanitary conditions, or limited medical support or access to NGOs have been documented.
Frontex and the Hellenic Coast Guard have ignored calls of refugee boats in life-threatening situations.
Sexual violence:
At reception and identification centers, some police officers have allegedly purchased minors sold into prostitution.
At the border, organizations have documented inappropriate touching at searches, where some individuals were forced to strip naked.
Torture:
The accounts of physical mistreatment could amount to torture by conduct, and the deplorable living conditions in centers of carceral nature could amount to torture by treatment.
Who might be liable?
If an investigation is launched, the Prosecutor will have to define who can be liable for the abuses perpetrated. But how can individual criminal responsibility be established when the alleged violations stem from a broader national and European policy of sealing EU borders?
Lower-level officials may argue that they are just following orders. However, Bashi pointed out that this “means that there is a chain of command and the higher-ups can be implicated,” adding that these actions are “part of a widespread and systematic attacks.”
Although “Greece has made certain judicial, administrative and policy decisions that led to the situation in camps and the border violence, it should not be the only state held accountable,” Kather argued, “because the entire of the European continent and all the states are contributing to this decision making.” Nonetheless, Kather saw this as an opportunity to end the impunity gap on a “system of endless human rights violations against asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants.”
Why to the ICC?
The International Criminal Court, the world’s first permanent international criminal court, was created in 2002 by the Rome Statute.
The court hears cases referred by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), a State Party or - as with this case - by organizations. Bashi hopes the ICC’s Prosecutor will answer during 2021. The ICC has territorial jurisdiction on this case because Greece is a State Party and the alleged crimes occurred in Greek territory.
The ICC can prosecute individuals for crimes against humanity if national courts are unable or unwilling to investigate a crime. SJAC argues that neither Greek nor European courts are able to carry out a serious investigation since the alleged crimes are part of a national policy backed by the European Union.
In addition, previous rulings against Greece’s unlawful migration practices by the European Court of Human Rights, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, and the UNHCR, as well as complaints before the European Commission have been ignored. As such, SJAC considers the ICC as the court of last resort.
“The fact that this happened on European soil, the continent that claims to be a bastion of human rights, is really unjust,” Bashi said. Kather labeled it “a bold strategy” to go after a European country. Still, it is “a necessary development to uphold the credibility of the ICC, that from a Eurocentric perspective, it is often argued that crimes are always happening elsewhere, but never on the European territory,” she said. It is noteworthy that nine of the ten ICC cases relate to African countries.
Where can this lead?
If this case goes ahead, it will “send a very clear sign” to European countries that fail to protect the refugee population from violations that there is “no impunity” and “similar actions could follow,” Kather explained. “Greece is just the first one, but we are hoping that Italy and Spain will learn that these crimes are indeed crimes,” Bashi added.
Traditionally, violations against asylum-seekers have been framed under international human rights law, but Kather points out that there is a shift towards “the realm of international criminal law” due to the “ever mounting violence at the border.”
Last week, members of the European Parliament launched a probe against Frontex for allegations of harassment and unlawful operations to stop people from reaching European borders. Last month, the UN Human Rights Committee found that Italy had failed to protect the right to life for not assisting a vessel in distress in 2013. This decision responds to a complaint by three Syrians and a Palestinian who lost a combined 13 relatives in the sinking that cost 200 lives total.
All these developments “send a broader sign that violence, at the sea or land border, is being monitored and legal actions are being filed,” Kather said.
The ball is in the ICC’s court.
▻https://syriadirect.org/news/syrian-ngo-seeks-a-first-before-the-icc-individual-criminal-liability-f
#Grèce #réfugiés #justice #ICC #Cour_pénale_internationale #CPI #crimes_contre_l'humanité #droits_humains #asile #migrations
voir aussi :
#Front-Lex. Traduire l’#UE en #justice
►https://seenthis.net/messages/902069
Leaked docs expose massive #Syria propaganda operation waged by Western govt contractors and media | The Grayzone
Western government-funded intelligence cutouts trained Syrian opposition leaders, planted stories in media outlets from BBC to Al Jazeera, and ran a cadre of journalists. A trove of leaked documents exposes the propaganda network.
▻https://thegrayzone.com/2020/09/23/syria-leaks-uk-contractors-opposition-media
EXCLUSIF : Les secrets des opérations britanniques dans la guerre en Syrie (partie 1/2) - Deep-News.media
▻https://deep-news.media/2020/09/24/exclusif-les-secrets-des-operations-britanniques-dans-la-guerre-en-syri
EXCLUSIF : Les secrets des opérations britanniques dans la guerre en Syrie (partie 2/2) - Deep-News.media
▻https://deep-news.media/2020/09/26/exclusif-les-secrets-des-operations-britanniques-dans-la-guerre-en-syri
Pour avoir retouité positivement l’article de Ben Norton, Joshua Landis se prend des seaux de merde sur Touiteur (évidemment : Charles Lister balance son usuel « @joshua_landis merely serves the propaganda interests of #Assad & #Russia »).
Anti-Turkey alliance emerging in the Arab World — by Abdus Sattar Ghazali — September 13, 2020
The intended target of the UAE-Israel alliance is not Iran but #Turkey, whose regional clout poses a threat to Gulf rulers, says David Hearst, the editor in chief of Middle East Eye.
▻https://countercurrents.org/2020/09/anti-turkey-alliance-emerging-in-the-arab-world
#Israel #Arab_League #UAE #Iraq #Syria #Libya #Iran #Emirates
Très très très étonnant : Richard Silverstein prétend avoir une source selon laquelle Israël a provoqué l’explosion du stock de nitrate d’ammonium en faisant exploser un stock d’armes du Hezbollah.
À cet stade, évidemment, beaucoup beaucoup de pincettes. Mais le blog Tikun Olam n’est généralement pas considéré comme fantaisiste.
BREAKING : Israel Bombed Beirut
▻https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2020/08/04/breaking-israel-bombed-beirut
A confidential highly-informed Israeli source has told me that Israel caused the massive explosion at the Beirut port earlier today which killed over 100 and injured thousands. The bombing also virtually leveled the port itself and caused massive damage throughout the city.
Israel targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot at the port and planned to destroy it with an explosive device. Tragically, Israeli intelligence did not perform due diligence on their target. Thus they did not know (or if they did know, they didn’t care) that there were 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a next door warehouse. The explosion at the arms depot ignited the next door warehouse, causing the catastrophe that resulted.
À propos de Richard Silverstein :
▻https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikun_Olam_(blog)
Charles Enderlin
@Charles1045
This is a total fake.
▻https://twitter.com/Charles1045/status/1290936913571000323
Elijah J. Magnier ne croit pas à une cache d’armes du Hezbollah dans le port :
▻https://twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/1290967546125058048
I spoke to several sources and this is my conclusion:
The Harbour is controlled by several security forces, including those who are pro and against #Hezbollah. Too many eyes, too many witnesses and a location considered not only “unfriendly” but also unecessary.+
#Hezbollah truck flow on regular basis from #Syria to #Lebanon without the need to use the harbour or the airport and not even the official borders between #Lebanon and #Syria.
#Hezbollah supports an international investigation because it believes the ammonium nitrate can’t explode on its own and a professional investigation would shed light on what has hapenned because it is a national catatrophy.
Bottom line:
There is no #Hezbollah weapons cache at the #Beirut harbour & no #Israel attack coz the circumstances of the explosion were present with a huge fire before the explosion ongoing and firemen trying to control it.
Sorry for all the conspiracy theorists around.
Tout le monde se lâche ! Ici, c’est le Réseau Voltaire qui s’interroge sur la « nouvelle arme » testée à Beyrouth...
▻https://www.voltairenet.org/article210662.html
l’article de Richard Silverstein a été traduit en français, là :
▻https://charleroi-pourlapalestine.be/index.php/2020/08/05/richard-silverstein-israel-a-bombarde-beyrouth
How Did #Syria Control the Pandemic So Well? - American Herald Tribune
▻https://ahtribune.com/world/covid-19/4235-syria-control-the-pandemic-so-well.html
This was not due to luck, nor to a laissez-faire Swedish style practice, as some pandemic denier friends of Syria have reported. On the contrary, the Syrian government: (1) took the virus threat seriously, communicating and maintaining trust with the Syrian people; (2) imposed strong quarantine and sanitary controls, but kept them under revision, flexible and targeted, so far as possible; and (3) imposed its quarantine and sanitary measures rapidly, well before the first infection was even detected.
Syriacs mark Easter in Turkey amid safety fears - Al Monitor
The indictment of a monk on terrorism charges and the mysterious death of an elderly woman has shaken one of the world’s oldest Christian communities as it celebrates Easter during the coronavirus pandemic.
#Covid-19#Turquie#Minorités#Religion#Pâques#Syriaques#Politique#migrant#migration
▻https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/04/turkey-syriacs-mark-easter-in-turkey-amid-safety-fears.html
We will contiue distributing food aid to the displaced for two months – Syriac organization in Qamishli- North Press Agency
The Syriac Cross organization (Concerned with Relief Affairs, based in Qamishli), announced on Tuesday that it will continue providing food aid to the displaced people of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Tal Abyad during this month and the next.
#Covid19#Syrie#Nord-Syrie#migrant#migration#syriaque#humanitaire#IDP
▻https://npasyria.com/en/blog.php?id_blog=2202&sub_blog=12&name_blog=We+will+contiue+distributing+f
Kurdish leader supports UN call to release Syrian political prisoners amid COVID-19 crisis- Kurdistan 24
“There are thousands of prisoners of conscience and for the sake of democracy they must be released in order to play their ordinary role in society to restoring peace in Syria”
#Covid-19#Syria#SyrianDemocraticCouncil#Kurds#PoliticalPrisoners#migration
▻https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/4dc4b688-aa97-40e1-939f-d452d53967fd
Rudaw English sur Twitter : “#Kurdish residents in the city of Qamishli block the path of the American forces withdrawing from northern #Syria and throw tomatoes at them following President Trump’s order for the #US soldiers to retreat from the region - ANHA” / Twitter
▻https://twitter.com/RudawEnglish/status/1186204442431016960
▻https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1186203880239046656/vid/640x360/GviSK5v_TjfbAw9_.mp4?tag=13
Ah ben, v’la-t-y pas que l’prez commence à perdre son vocabulaire !…
En Syrie, la Turquie envoie des renforts militaires provoquant la colère de Damas
« Il est _impérieux — nous y tenons beaucoup et nous aurons l’occasion d’en parler — que le cessez-le-feu décidé et acté à Sotchi [en Russie] soit vraiment respecté_ », a déclaré [M. Macron] devant la presse avant un tête-à-tête avec M. Poutine.
▻https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/08/19/en-syrie-la-turquie-envoie-des-renforts-militaires-provoquant-la-colere-de-d
« L’Orient le jour » occulte sans la moindre gêne la violation préalable de l’accord par la partie turque (le refus de leurs protégés armés- « ex » membres d’al-qaida- de se retirer de la “zone de sécurité”), comme rappelé dans l’article du Monde,
Ankara s’invite dans la partie à Khan Cheikhoun - Élie SAÏKALI - L’Orient-Le Jour
▻https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1183179/ankara-sinvite-dans-la-partie-a-khan-cheikhoun.html
Si le régime syrien a condamné « l’ingérence flagrante de la Turquie », l’OSDH a fait état de raids russes et syriens non loin du convoi
[...]
« Les tirs russes contre le convoi turc sont faits pour dissuader Ankara d’amener des armes supplémentaires en Syrie, ce qui montre que Moscou ne respecte pas ses engagements », explique Bayram Balci, enseignant à Sciences Po et spécialiste de la Turquie, contacté par L’Orient-Le Jour. Il fait ici référence à l’accord russo-turc de septembre 2018, qui avait vocation à empêcher l’offensive du régime syrien sur Idleb par l’instauration d’une zone de sécurité.
Rappel (sources #MSM uniquement) :
Janvier 2019, RFI,
Paul Khalifé [de #RFI] sur Twitter : « Le contrôle total par les jihadistes d’ #Idleb annule de facto l’accord de #Sotchi conclu entre la #Russie et la #Turquie. Une offensive de l’armée syrienne est de nouveau d’actualité. #syrianarmy #Syrie » / Twitter
►https://twitter.com/Khalifehpaul/status/1083447310963621890
Février 2019, BBC :
Syria war : Jihadist takeover in rebel-held Idlib sparks alarm - BBC News
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/763600
Mai 2019, Reuters,
Explainer : Why the war in Syria’s Idlib escalated again - Reuters
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/780125
WHY HAS THE CONFLICT ESCALATED AGAIN?
The Russian-Turkish deal created a demilitarized zone from which jihadists were required to withdraw, effectively putting the onus on Turkey to tackle the problem while leaving the northwest within a sphere of Turkish influence.
But Russia’s patience has been wearing thin over what it views as Turkey’s failure to curb Tahrir al-Sham. Damascus, determined to recover “every inch” of Syria, has also publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the status quo.
Looks like alleged chemical weapons attack was a #falseflag, in an ...
▻https://diasp.eu/p/9096785
Looks like alleged chemical weapons attack was a #falseflag, in an attempt to escalate war, in the city of Douma last year
Canisters placed on the ground, to mimic alleged air attack
▻https://www.democracynow.org/2019/5/23/leaked_opcw_report_raises_new_questions #OPCW #Syria
#Syrie : Poutine et Erdogan évitent un assaut sur #Idleb avec une « zone démilitarisée » - La Croix
▻https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Syrie-Poutine-Erdogan-evitent-assaut-Idleb-zone-demilitarisee-2018-09-17-1
Vladimir Poutine et son homologue turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan ont surmonté lundi leurs divisions et se sont mis d’accord pour éviter l’assaut voulu par le régime syrien sur Idleb, en créant une « zone démilitarisée » sous contrôle russo-turc dans le dernier bastion rebelle de Syrie.
Paul Khalifé sur Twitter : « Le contrôle total par les jihadistes d’ #Idleb annule de facto l’accord de #Sotchi conclu entre la #Russie et la #Turquie. Une offensive de l’armée syrienne est de nouveau d’actualité. #syrianarmy #Syrie » / Twitter
►https://twitter.com/Khalifehpaul/status/1083447310963621890
Video streaming giant appeared to suspend the accounts of SANA, the...
▻https://diasp.eu/p/7696412
Video streaming giant appeared to suspend the accounts of SANA, the Ministry of Defence, and the Syrian Presidency. YouTube shuts down pro-Syrian government channels #SyriasWar #Socialmedia #Media #MiddleEast
Today, millions of children living in war zones have no access to education.
–In #Yemen, 2 million children are out of school.
–In #Syria, 1.75 million children can’t go to school.
–In #Iraq, 3.2 million children don’t attend regular classes – or attend school at all. ▻https://twitter.com/ICRC/status/1033764114013806593
An Iranian Viewpoint on the Battle for #Syria ▻https://consortiumnew...
▻https://diasp.eu/p/7176487
An Iranian Viewpoint on the Battle for #Syria ▻https://consortiumnews.com/2018/05/17/an-iranian-viewpoint-on-the-battle-for-syria “The true “state sponsor of terrorism” is not Iran; it is the West and their allies.”
Israel in major raids on ’Iran’ targets in Syria after rocket fire | AFP.com
▻https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/israel-major-raids-iran-targets-syria-after-rocket-fire-doc-14q3b14
Elle est pas belle la vie ? Ça fait une bonne semaine que l’armée israélienne est en alerte maximale dans le Golan occupé. C’est donc le moment idéal pour lui envoyer une bordée de roquettes dont aucune n’a atteint le territoire israélien…
Israël est forcément obligé de riposter.
Israel carried out widespread deadly raids against what it said were Iranian targets in Syria on Thursday after rocket fire towards its forces which it blamed on Iran, marking a sharp escalation between the two enemies.
The incident came after weeks of rising tensions and followed US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from a key 2015 Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, a move Israel had long advocated.
It led to immediate calls for restraint from Russia, France and Germany. “The escalation of the last hours shows us that it’s really about war and peace,” warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The raids that a monitor said killed 23 fighters were one of the largest Israeli military operations in recent years and the biggest such assault on Iranian targets, the military said.
“We hit nearly all the Iranian infrastructure in Syria,” Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman told a security conference.
“I hope we’ve finished this episode and everyone understood.”
Israel carried out the raids after it said 20 rockets, either Fajr or Grad type, were fired from Syria at its forces in the occupied Golan Heights at around midnight.
It blamed the rocket fire on Iran’s Al-Quds force, adding that Israel’s anti-missile system intercepted four while the rest did not land in its territory.
No Israelis were wounded.
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/world/middleeast/israel-iran-syria-military.html
Though Israel has hit Iranian forces in Syria with a number of deadly airstrikes, Tehran has been restrained in hitting back, until now. The rocket attack against Israel appeared to be in response to Israeli strikes on southern Syria on Wednesday.
The barrage came after an apparent Israeli missile strike against a village in the Syrian Golan Heights late Wednesday.
▻https://twitter.com/WaelAlRussi/status/994613884198834177
1 #Israel Targeted SAA in south #Syria 2 #SAA responded by targeting the Israeli army positions in Jolan Heights 3 Israel tried to target Syrian positions with Stand-off missiles 4 SAA intercepted 70% of the missiles and re-targeted Israel
1 #Israel Targeted SAA in south #Syria 2 #SAA responded by targeting the Israeli army positions in Jolan Heights 3 Israel tried to target Syrian positions with Stand-off missiles 4 SAA intercepted 70% of the missiles and re-targeted Israel
Autre version des faits de cette nuit.
Le Monde toujours aussi « décodant » ! C’est certainement le Golan le problème ! ▻http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2018/05/10/pourquoi-le-plateau-du-golan-est-il-au-c-ur-du-conflit-entre-israel-et-la-sy
A voir si l’info sera confirmée par d’autres sources :
▻https://www.hispantv.com/noticias/siria/376678/israel-altos-golan-base-inteligencia-ataque
Siria ataca unidad de espionaje más confidencial de Israel en Golán
Liens : *▻https://www.syrianarchive.org/en/collections/chemical-weapons*
*▻https://syrianarchive.org/en*
Activist group publishes database of Syria chemical attacks | Nation/World | starherald.com
▻http://www.starherald.com/news/nation_world/activist-group-publishes-database-of-syria-chemical-attacks/article_d913d0e3-d784-5f52-8280-0f4e032d01e6.html
An activist group on Tuesday published a database of information on suspected chemical attacks in Syria , adding to a growing collection of videos and images documenting alleged war crimes during the seven-year conflict.
The Syrian Archive, which works with human rights groups such as Amnesty International, said it has verified 861 videos covering some 212 attacks — most of them believed to have been carried out by government forces.
The material comes from 193 sources and much of it was uploaded to social media by ordinary Syrians, the group’s co-founder, Hadi al-Khatib, told an audience in Berlin.
Al-Khatib, who has lived in Germany since 2014, said the group wants to preserve sensitive material from disappearing , so that it might eventually be used to bring those responsible for war crimes to trial. But the team, which is spread across Europe and the Middle East, also wants to “add value” to the raw material, such as by determining the location where a video was taken and, most importantly, verifying that it shows what is claimed.
The Syrian Archive cooperates with the open source journalism site Bellingcat that has made a name for itself forensically examining footage from war zones.
While most of the chemical attacks documented by the group are alleged to have been carried out by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, including most recently in the town of Douma near Damascus, a handful have been attributed to rebel forces and the Islamic State extremist group, said Abdulrahman al-Jaloud, one of the Syrian Archive’s researchers.
Al-Khatib said he and fellow activists try not to get disheartened by the fact that efforts to bring those responsible for war crimes in Syria to trial have so far been unsuccessful.
“That doesn’t mean we should stop,” he said. “We are looking forward to the day when we can use this material, because the reconstruction of Syria must include acknowledging, investigating and prosecuting crimes.”
#SteveBell on #DonaldTrump's #Syria #tweets – #cartoon | Opinion | ...
▻https://diasp.eu/p/7008547
#SteveBell on #DonaldTrump's #Syria #tweets – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2018/apr/12/steve-bell-on-trumps-tweets-on-syria-cartoon
Elijah J. Magnier on Twitter: “[...] some information about the forthcoming war in #Syria.”
▻https://mobile.twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/984140788719325184
[...]
OPCW Will Deploy Fact-Finding Mission to Douma, Syria (►https://www....
▻https://diasp.eu/p/6997497
OPCW Will Deploy Fact-Finding Mission to Douma, Syria
#Syria #OPCW #war #Chemical #Weapons #Douma #politics #international
OPCW Will Deploy Fact-Finding Mission to #Douma, Syria
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
▻https://www.opcw.org/news/article/opcw-will-deploy-fact-finding-mission-to-douma-syria
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — 10 April 2018 — Since the first reports of alleged use of chemical weapons in Douma, Syrian Arab Republic, were issued, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been gathering information from all available sources and analysing it. At the same time, OPCW’s Director-General, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, has considered the deployment of a Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) team to Douma to establish facts surrounding these allegations.
Today, the OPCW Technical Secretariat has requested the Syrian Arab Republic to make the necessary arrangements for such a deployment. This has coincided with a request from the Syrian Arab Republic and the Russian Federation to investigate the allegations of chemical weapons use in Douma. The team is preparing to deploy to Syria shortly.
Background
Set up in 2014, the on-going mandate of the OPCW Fact Finding Mission (FFM) is “to establish facts surrounding allegations of the use of toxic chemicals, reportedly chlorine, for hostile purposes in the Syrian Arab Republic”. The OPCW cannot and will not release information about an on-going investigation. This policy exists to preserve the integrity of the investigatory process and its results as well as to ensure the safety and security of OPCW experts and personnel involved. All parties are asked to respect the confidentiality parameters required for a rigorous and unimpeded investigation.
As the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention, the OPCW oversees the global endeavour to permanently and verifiably eliminate chemical weapons. Since the Convention’s entry into force in 1997 – and with its 192 States Parties – it is the most successful disarmament treaty eliminating an entire class of weapons of mass destruction.
Over ninety-six per cent of all chemical weapon stockpiles declared by possessor States have been destroyed under OPCW verification. For its extensive efforts in eliminating chemical weapons, the OPCW received the 2013 Nobel Prize for Peace.
On avait un tag #2039-2045 mais c’est pas exactement dans le même esprit je dirais...
Europe air traffic control issues alert over ‘possible air strikes ...
▻https://diasp.eu/p/6997197
Europe air traffic control issues alert over ‘possible air strikes on Syria within 72 hours’
#air #alert #control #europe #hours #issues #over #possible #strikes #syria #traffic #within posted by pod_feeder
