• Factsheets
  • Official documents
Menu
  • Factsheets
  • Official documents
    • AR
    • TR
    • KU
Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Youtube Flickr
  • Home
  • Press Releases
  • News
    • Coalition News
    • Political News
    • Local News
    • Reports
  • About
    • Mission Statement and Goals
    • Coalition Principles
    • Fact Sheet
    • Political Framework
    • Political outlook
    • SOC Committees
    • SOC Components
    • SOC Institutions
  • Coalition Structure
    • Presdential Body
    • Political Committee
    • General Assembly
  • Media
    • Press Conferences
    • Videograph
    • Infographics
    • Photo Gallery
Menu
  • Home
  • Press Releases
  • News
    • Coalition News
    • Political News
    • Local News
    • Reports
  • About
    • Mission Statement and Goals
    • Coalition Principles
    • Fact Sheet
    • Political Framework
    • Political outlook
    • SOC Committees
    • SOC Components
    • SOC Institutions
  • Coalition Structure
    • Presdential Body
    • Political Committee
    • General Assembly
  • Media
    • Press Conferences
    • Videograph
    • Infographics
    • Photo Gallery
Home News Political News

UN Human Rights Council to Hold Emergency Session on Assad & Russia’s Crimes in Aleppo on Friday

October 19, 2016
in Political News
UN Human Rights Council to Hold Emergency Session on Assad & Russia’s Crimes in Aleppo on Friday

The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session on the worsening situation in Aleppo on Friday after a formal request from Britain, a United Nations statement said.

Britain made the request on behalf of a core group of 11 Western and Arab countries, including the United States and regional powers backing Syrian rebel forces.

Britain’s letter to the 47-member forum said the special session was needed “following the most recent deterioration of the human rights situation in Aleppo, and the failure of the Assad regime and its allies to fulfill their international human rights commitments”, the UN statement said.

The European Union has condemned Russia’s air campaign, saying it may be guilty of war crimes. The EU also promised to impose more sanctions on the Assad regime.

Russia called for voting against the draft UN Human Rights Council resolution on Aleppo. Alexey Borodavkin, Russia’s envoy to the UN office in Geneva, said Tuesday: “We are calling on everyone, who in deeds, not just in words wants to restore peace in Aleppo and in Syria, to vote against the draft of this resolution.”

Activists said that at least 65 civilians, including 12 children and 9 women, were killed in Russian airstrikes on rebel-held areas across Syria on Tuesday. The victims included 20 who were killed in eastern Aleppo, mostly in the neighborhoods of Almarja and Bustan Alqasr.

The opposition’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said that in addition to the imposition of sanctions on the Assad regime, the European Union needs to take restrictive measures against Russian individuals and entities involved in war crimes in Syria.

In a statement released on Monday, HNC reiterated its calls for the referral of the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The statement warned that the EU’s credibility will be at stake so long as Russia’s crimes in Syria continue unchallenged.

“The situation in Eastern Aleppo is an unconscionable humanitarian disaster that requires urgent action to halt the daily indiscriminate bombardments and lift the siege. That some European Member States continue to protect Russia from credible EU action is unacceptable,” the HNC said.

The statement added: “Easing the pressure on Russia, who has the ability to immediately halt the disaster in Eastern Aleppo, is not a credible approach. The EU must focus its efforts on credible pressure options to reinforce the current diplomatic track, including restrictive measures against Russian individuals and entities that are enabling Assad’s indiscriminate bombardment of Aleppo and committing war crimes.”

“Alongside sanctions, the EU must actively seek accountability mechanisms outside of the UN Security Council, where an ICC referral continues to be blocked by Russia.” (Source: Syrian Coalition + Agencies)

ShareTweetSend

Posts Related

SOC Mourns Veteran Syrian Dissident Michel Kilo

April 19, 2021

On Elections Farce Assad Regime Intends to Hold in May

April 18, 2021
Load More

Follow us

  • 51.9k Fan
  • 51.7k Follower
  • 324 Subscriber
  • 5.4k Follower
  • 6 Follower

Join Us

[]
1 Step 1

Receive Latest News and Updates

Please enter all data to receive our updates correctly

keyboard_arrow_leftPrevious
Nextkeyboard_arrow_right
FormCraft - WordPress form builder

Political News

HRW: Assad Regime Stealing Land of Displaced People in Hama & Idlib

Report: Over 900,000 Smuggled Documents Confirm Assad’s Involvement in War Crimes

Jumblatt Slams Assad Regime’s Response to Burning of Syrian Refugee Camp in Lebanon as Cynical

HRW: Assad Regime & Russian Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure in Idlib Constitute War Crimes

Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Flickr

Preserving independence and national sovereignty and maintaining the Syrian people’s unity within the same Syrian soil
is one of the critical pillars of the Syrian Coalition. The Coalition aims to overthrow the Assad regime along with all its
symbols and pillars. It also aims to dismantle its security apparatus and hold accountable those involved in crimes
against Syrians. In addition, it seeks to achieve a transition to a pluralistic, democratic and civil Syria.

  • Press Releases
  • Coalition News
  • Political News
  • Local News
  • Videograph
  • Press Conferences
  • General Assembly
  • SOC Committees
  • SOC Components
  • SOC Institutions
Menu
  • Press Releases
  • Coalition News
  • Political News
  • Local News
  • Videograph
  • Press Conferences
  • General Assembly
  • SOC Committees
  • SOC Components
  • SOC Institutions

Copyright (c) National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces All rights reserved.

Menu
  • HOME PAGE
  • Press Releases
  • Local News
  • Coalition News
  • Political News
  • Videograph
  • Press Conferences
  • Coalition Members
  • Infographics
  • SOC Committees
  • SOC Components
  • SOC Institutions
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Flickr

Copyright (c) National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces All rights reserved.