Thread by @Syria_Irl

@RonanLTynan proposes Ireland support Syrians in their demands for freedom & justice for #SyriasDisappeared by adopting principle of Universal Jurisdiction

This wd allow Syrians, Ukrainians & others to bring cases here for war crimes committed elsewhere irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

'@sallyhayd shows in a very moving way, thru an interview with Fadwa Mahmoud whose husband & son were disappeared by Assad regime 10 yrs ago, the agony endured every day by millions of Syrians who have loved ones, relatives & friends among more than 100,000 disappeared in Syria'

'The recent report by the UN Secretary General António Guterres, which backed years of campaigning by Fadwa and her organisation @FamiliesSyria & many others calling for a dedicated mechanism to find out what happened to Syria’s disappeared, offers at least some hope'

'Ireland, as Fadwa Mahmoud notes, can play a key role when Guterres' report comes to a vote soon in the UN General Assembly'
@simoncoveney
@irishmissionun

'Ireland cd play a bigger role in securing accountability for war crimes & crimes against humanity in Syria & elsewhere, including Ukraine, by adopting the model to facilitate universal jurisdiction, like Germany.'

'This wd allow those seeking justice for crimes against humanity committed anywhere access to Irish courts, even tho victims & perpetrators are not Irish citizens
They cd bring cases here vs those who committed crimes eg torture, forcible disappearance, extra-judicial killing'

'In our recent documentary Bringing Assad to Justice, we show how Syrians in Germany are using Universal Jurisdiction to prosecute war criminals, because access to the International Criminal Court was denied to them when Russia & China vetoed the referral of Syria to the court'

'Adoption of the German model opens up a future of real accountability & ending of impunity, where all war criminals can be sure, through international arrest warrants circulating & being enforced, there would be no hiding places for those who have committed serious atrocities'

Those interested in justice for war crimes & crimes against humanity - in Syria, Ukraine & elsewhere - shd watch film #BringingAssadtoJustice by the writer of this powerful letter @RonanLTynan & @annedaly19

Can be streamed from bringingassadtojustice.com
now with Arabic suptitles

#BringingAssadtoJustice showing
with post screening Q & A with director @RonanLTynan

London
11.30 am Sunday 2nd October

Hosted by Islington & Hackney Amnesty Group
@amnesty_ihag