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INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF THE RED CROSS
Volume 99, Issue 906, Pages 959-993Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1816383118000450
Keywords
chemical weapons; unnecessary suffering; superfluous injury; Chemical Weapons Convention; Rome Statute; Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons; United Nations; accountability; investigation; fact-finding; customary international law; political
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The use of chemical weapons in the armed conflict in Syria has attracted universal and widespread condemnation and has led to unified responses by various international bodies. This article examines the international community's responses to chemical weapons use in Syria from the perspective of international law. It also analyzes the potential options for accountability that are available for chemical weapons-related crimes. The intention is ultimately to make the case that the special status the international community has ascribed to chemical weapons crimes could be harnessed to create an accountability mechanism, such as an ad hoc tribunal, that could help pave the complex road towards a negotiated peace.
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