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Three officials tried in absentia over the deaths of two France begins Syrian men arrested in Damascus in 2013. France has opened its first

Three officials are being tried in absentia over the deaths of two French Syrian men arrested in Damascus in 2013.

And we have enough evidence for courts to hold them to account.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Syria to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of torture, in a case brought by the Netherlands and Canada before a UN court increasingly called upon to deal with mass violence. At the same time, Syrian universal jurisdiction cases continue to pile up in many European countries, demonstrating a willingness to take legal action.

Charges against a Syrian man accused of committing atrocity crimes could set important legal precedents for future cases in the Netherlands.

THE HAGUE: The UN´s top court on Thursday ruled that Syria must stop its torture programme that investigators say killed tens of thousands, in the first international case over the brutal...

Paris CNN  —  Omar Abou Nabout is a man on a mission.

Omar Abou Nabout has spent years seeking accountability for the killing of his father in a barrel-bomb strike in Syria in 2017. Four Syrian generals have now been indicted on war crimes charges in France in a landmark legal case.

Omar Abou Nabout has spent years seeking accountability for the killing of his father in a barrel-bomb strike in Syria in 2017. Four Syrian generals have now been indicted on war crimes charges in France in a landmark legal case.

Prosecutors say suspect led pro-regime paramilitaries who detained and tortured political opponents