{"id":315,"date":"2011-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"UN Security Council Syria statement ‘completely inadequate’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nUN Security Council Syria statement completely inadequate<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n4 August 2011\n<\/p>\n

\nThe UN Security Council’s response to the recent bloodshed
\nin Syria is deeply inadequate, Amnesty International said today, after the
\ncouncil released a statement condemning the Syrian government’s deadly
\ncrackdown on protesters.<\/p>\n

The UN statement called for an end to violence and said it “condemned the
\nwidespread violation of human rights by the Syrian authorities”, but fell short
\nof taking decisive action. The call was issued as a presidential statement,
\nwhich is not legally binding.<\/p>\n

“The UN’s response is completely inadequate. After more than four months of
\nviolent crackdown on predominantly peaceful dissent in Syria, it is deeply
\ndisappointing that the best the Security Council can come up with, is a limp
\nstatement that is not legally binding and does not refer the situation to the
\nInternational Criminal Court”, said Jose Luis Diaz, Amnesty International’s
\nrepresentative to the UN.<\/p>\n

“President Assad has allowed his security forces to carry out another bloody
\nattack on civilians, with dozens killed in the city of Hama in recent days.
\nIt’s crucial that a UN Human Rights Council fact-finding mission to Syria is
\nable to investigate the situation as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the
\nSecurity Council has also failed to provide support for such a mission”, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n

The Syrian authorities have so far not allowed the UN fact-finding delegation
\ninto the country.<\/p>\n

“The UN must act now, with a firm and legally binding position. At the very
\nleast, its position must include imposing an arms embargo, freezing the assets
\nof President al-Assad and other officials suspected of responsibility for
\ncrimes against humanity, and referring the situation to the ICC Prosecutor,” he
\nadded.<\/p>\n

Amnesty International has received the names of more than 1,500 people believed
\nto have been killed since pro-reform protests began in mid-March. <\/p>\n

Many of them are reported to be protesters and local residents shot by live
\nammunition from the security forces and the army.  <\/p>\n

Thousands of others have been arrested within the context of the protests, with
\nmany being held incommunicado at unknown locations.<\/p>\n

Families are reportedly afraid to seek information about the whereabouts of
\ndetained relatives and Amnesty International fears they may have been subjected
\nto enforced disappearances. Many are reported to have been tortured or
\notherwise ill-treated in custody, in some cases resulting in death."<\/p>\n

The crimes committed in Syria by government forces amount to crimes against
\nhumanity as they appear to be part of a widespread, as well as systematic,
\nattack against the civilian population, Amnesty International said. <\/p>\n

The organisation has repeatedly called on the UN Security Council to refer the
\nsituation in Syria to the International Criminal Court, as it did with Libya’s
\ngovernment in February, following the violent repression of protests there.\n<\/p>\n

\nhttp:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/news-and-updates\/un-security-council-syria-statement-%E2%80%98completely-inadequate%E2%80%99-2011-08-04<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n————————————-
\nEast Mediterranean Team
\nAmnesty International, International Secretariat
\nPeter Benenson House, 1 Easton Street
\nLondon WC1X 0DW
\nUnited Kingdom
\nE-mail: Eastmed@amnesty.org<\/a>
\nTel:       +44 (0)20 7413 5500
\nFax:      +44 (0)20 7413 5719\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nThe UN Security Council’s response to the recent bloodshed
\nin Syria is deeply inadequate, Amnesty International said today, after the
\ncouncil released a statement condemning the Syrian government’s deadly
\ncrackdown on protesters. The UN statement called for an end to violence and said it “condemned the
\nwidespread violation of human rights by the Syrian authorities”, but fell short
\nof taking decisive action. The call was issued as a presidential statement,
\nwhich is not legally binding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}