Excerpt: “In a report drawing on its extensive investigations since the start of the Syrian conflict, the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry today detailed how the former Syrian Government systematically used arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances to quash dissent. These acts constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, representing some of the worst systematic violations of international law committed during the conflict. The overthrow of the former government and the release of prisoners from its torture chambers mark a sea change for Syrians, something almost unthinkable just two months ago.”
report
(113 pages)