Canada and the Netherlands called for urgent action to halt the alleged mistreatment of thousands.
The International Criminal Court has been unable to deal with Syria because Damascus never ratified the Rome Statute.
Damascus snubbed the hearing but has previously dismissed the case as “disinformation and lies” and said the allegations “lack the slightest degree of credibility”. The ICJ can take years to rule on a case but urgent so-called “provisional measures” can be ordered in a matter of weeks and are legally binding.
“The Assad government must respond and stop the torture that is rampant in that country…We’ve held up a mirror to the Syrians. They should look in that mirror,” Kessel told reporters, referring to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.Former prisoner-turned-activist Ahmad Helmi told AFP, “I was in prison in Syria for three years and I know for sure that torture is happening around the clock. It’s happening around the hour.
Balkees Jarrah, from Human Rights Watch, said the ICJ needed to act “to prevent further abuses against Syrians, who continue to suffer under nightmarish conditions and whose lives are in serious jeopardy”. The situation has gained renewed attention after the return of Assad to the international fold in May, when he attended an Arab League summit.
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