The U.N. human rights chief is asking the Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court for investigation of alleged atrocities against protesters during the five-month uprising.Continue Reading

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ruled that the United States violated international obligations when the government failed to enforce a restraining order against an abusive husband, Human Rights …Continue Reading

The U.S. and its European allies called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign Thursday as activists reported more bloodshed overnight and a high-level U.N. human rights team said Assad’s crackdown on dissent “may amount to crimes against humanity.”Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian forces have fired on peaceful protesters across the country, often at short range and without warning, killing at least 1,900 civilians in what could amount to crimes against humanity, U.N. human rights investigators said on T…Continue Reading

Syrian President Bashar Assad told the United Nations chief that military operations in his country have ended, even as activists reported more bloodshed overnight and a high-level U.N. human rights team said Thursday the crackdown “may amount to crime…Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Monday on the violence in Syria after 24 countries, including all four Arab members — Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — backed the European Union’s call for act…Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Monday on the violence in Syria after 24 countries, including all four Arab members — Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — backed the European Union’s call for act…Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Monday on the violence in Syria after 24 countries, including all four Arab members — Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — backed the European Union’s call for act…Continue Reading

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The UN human rights chief will call for the international war crimes court to investigate Syria’s deadly crackdown at a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday, diplomatic sources said.Continue Reading

AMMAN, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Syrian troops held hundreds of people in a stadium in Latakia, residents said, while the U.N. human rights chief was expected to propose that the Hague war crimes tribunal review Syria’s crackdown on protesters.Continue Reading

The UN human rights chief will call for the international war crimes court to investigate Syria’s deadly crackdown at a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday, diplomatic sources said.Continue Reading