US EditionNetherlands, Canada take Syria to International Court of Justice over torture claims
- The Netherlands and Canada have lodged a case against Syria at the International Court of Justice over allegations of torture.
- They claim that Syria has committed numerous violations of international law since the start of the civil war in 2011.
- Canada and the Netherlands have requested emergency measures to be taken to protect those at risk of torture and are seeking to hold the government of President Bashar al-Assad responsible for gross human rights violations and torture under the UN Convention against Torture.
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Canada and the Netherlands have applied to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Damascus for allegations of “torture,” the court announced on Monday, marking the first case before international justice on the civil war in Syria. Dama
LA HAYE, Pays-Bas — Le Canada et les Pays-Bas ont déposé conjointement une plainte contre la Syrie lundi devant la plus haute instance judiciaire des Nations unies, alléguant que le régime de Bachar Assad a torturé des milliers de civils, en violation d’une convention des Nations unies. Les deux pays affirment que la Syrie a «commis d’innombrables violations du droit international» et souhaitent que la Cour internationale de justice ordonne des…
Based on the UN Convention against Torture, the Netherlands and Canada have indicted the Syrian state. Since 2011 at the latest, the regime has suppressed its population - and, among other things, used chemical weapons. From:. [more]
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The Netherlands and Canada have filed a joint lawsuit with the International Court of Justice in The Hague against Syria in connection with the Syrian side's alleged violation of the UN Convention... RIA Novosti, 12.06.2023
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