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Carla del Ponte. Reuters photo

Carla del Ponte: Enough Evidence to Convict Assad of War Crimes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 14, 2017 | Middle East

Vienna- The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has gathered enough evidence for Bashar al-Assad to be convicted of war crimes, a prominent member of the commission, Carla del Ponte, said in remarks published on Sunday. Del Ponte, 70, who prosecuted war crimes in Rwanda...

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A wounded Syrian boy cries at a make-shift hospital morgue in Douma, following a regime air strike in 2015. (AFP)

Carla, Everyone in Syria is Evil!

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 9, 2017 | Opinion

Ms. Carla Del Ponte was the head of the UN investigation looking into war crimes in Syria. She began her mission at the beginning of the war and has finally given up and declared her failure. Despite over half a million innocent victims, she was not able to summon one...

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United Nation Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syrian Arabic Republic co-commissioner Carla del Ponte speaks during a news conference at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 8, 2016. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

Carla Del Ponte Quits UN Syria Inquiry

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 7, 2017 | World

Geneva- Former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte announced on Sunday she is quitting a United Nations commission investigating human rights abuses in Syria because it “does absolutely nothing”. Del Ponte, 70, who prosecuted war crimes in Rwanda and...