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Thursday 20 June 2013

Syria must face war crimes tribunal says UN

A Free Syrian Army fighter prepares a locally made anti-aircraft weapon before firing near the Menagh military airport in Aleppo's countryside

UN human rights investigator Carla del Ponte said today that "time has come" for the Security Council to refer war crimes in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for prosecution.

"We follow the chain of command to establish the responsibility of high political and miltiary suspects for the commission of crimes," she told a news briefing as the team released their latest report. "I think it is urgent that the ICC takes up this case of very high officials."

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