MESOP HUMAN RIGHTS SYRIA – BRING ASSAD TO THE CRIMINAL COURT
The U.N. Security Council reviewed a series of photos Tuesday of bodies of people allegedly detained by the Syrian government who had been tortured and starved. The photos were said to have been taken by a defected Syrian army photographer known as Caesar. An international panel of experts hired by Qatar, which supports the Syrian opposition, deemed the photographs authentic, however the Syrian Justice Ministry dismissed the photos and an accompanying report as “lacking objectiveness and professionalism.” France held the presentation pushing to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court.