Period covered: September 2013
Subject: death toll of civilians and SFA in September 2013
Prepared by Syrian Network for Human Rights
2811 victims Syrian citizens were killed; including 792 armed rebel, 1584 civilian, 264 children, and 159 tortured to death .
The daily average of killing this month was 95 people a day, 4 people an hour
Among the 1584 civilians SNHR documented:
264 children victims with an average of 10 children a day , and the proportion of the children killed to the death toll is 16% ,which is a very high rate and strict evidence that the Syrian Government’s Armed Forces targeting the civilians
SNHR would like to indicate that what we could document by our deployed members in all of the Syrian provinces classified by names date and place, photo or video.
We couldn’t document many cases of massacres and killing for many reasons including procedures repeatedly and systematically made by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces like communications disconnect and blockade areas for many days, that’s make the actual number more than that, not to mention that the Syrian government has prevented any of the human right organization to perform their duty on its territory
It should be mentioned that work mechanism of Syrian Network for Human Rights’ Group bases on precise verification and documentation method, and on our members who deployed on the Syrian territory to gather facts and take written testimonies, live images and videos, oral and registered interviews audio and video interviews so as to complement the efforts exerted to document human rights violations under the restrictions imposed by the Syrian government on the network members or any other Human Rights organization to work on Syrian territory , the real number may exceed in dozens especially in case of massacres where they imposed blockage and communications cut
Legal conclusions
1- SNHR assured that Syrian Government’s Armed Groups and Shabiha violated Previsions of Human Rights International Law which protect the right of life, in addition to dozens of cases considered as a war crimes ( murder cases )
Undoubted Evidence of hundreds of eyewitness stories that more than 90% of expanded and individual attacks directed against civilians and that’s all contrary to the Syrian Government’s claims that they are fighting Al-Qaeda and terrorists
2- SNHR also indicates that the documented events are also crimes against humanity, where the condition of widespread and systematic direct attack against civilian population group in most cases of murder has been achieved
Condemnation and Responsibilities:
responsibility of states for internationally wrongful acts , similarly Customary IHL provides that states that the state is responsible for all acts committed by a members of its military and security forces , thus the states is responsible of wrongful acts committed by its military and security forces including crimes against humanity
SNHR holds the Syrian President Commander in Chief of the Syrian army, Bashar al-Assad, responsible for all acts of homicide, torture and massacres perpetrated in Syria as he holds the primary responsibility for giving the orders for these acts. SNHR considers all Syrian regime members and heads of the security and military bodies directly complicity in those acts. By the same token, SNHR considers the Iranian government and Hezbullah as direct partners in the acts of homicide who shall legally and judicially liable for those acts along with all those funding and supporting the Syrian regime which is systematically committing massacres on a daily basis. SNHR holds all the above mentioned parties responsible for all consequences and potential reactions from the Syrian people in general and the families of the victims in particular .
Recommendations:
Human right council
1- Call upon security council and relevant organizations to take upon their responsibility towards what’s happening Syrian children from momentary nonstop killing even for one hour .
2- Exert pressure on the Syrian government to stop random and deliberate shelling on civilians
3- Hold the allies and supporter of the Syrian government : Russia , Iran , China , moral and physical responsibility towards killing in Syria
4- Serious attention of the disastrous situation and give it high priority, and try to take care of victims’ children and families
Security Council :
1- Decision to refer all the criminals and the involved to ICC
2- Warn the Syrian Government of the repercussions of using brutal methods and systematic killing and send clear messages about
Arab League :
1- Demand Human Right Council and United Nations to give this serious issue the right attention and follow up
2- Political and diplomatic pressure on the Syrian Government Troops’ main allies-Russia, Iran and China -to prevent them from continuous providing cover and international and political protection for all the crimes committed against the Syrian people and hold them moral and physical responsibility for all the excesses of the Syrian Government Troops.
—————————————————-
Syrian Network for Human Rights – London
Website: www.syrianhr.org
Email: press@syrianhr.org
Skype: Syrianhr
—————————————————-