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Geneva 19\/9\/2017 –<\/strong> The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression has participated in the 36th regular session of Human Rights Council in Geneva through an oral statement read by the executive director of SCM Yara Bader, who highlighted the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government forces in 20 out of 25 documented incidents. Mrs. Bader also emphasized that the lack of accountability of the Syrian regime for its responsibility towards its citizens, and in regards to international law and international humanitarian law, and its perpetration of systematic war crimes and crimes against humanity on a large scale, had severely exacerbated the magnitude and severity of human rights violations in Syria, and was followed by most of the fighting parties.<\/p>\n Mrs. Bader also stated that the main problem is the absence of international will to achieve justice and provide redress for the victims. Without this, there will be no sustainable peace, no political solution and no voluntary return of refugees without a serious process for accountability and transitional justice.<\/p>\n The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression \u201cSCM\u201d works to empower the Syrian organizations to take part in the activities conducted by the United Nations and any of its entities, as SCM has a consultative status in the UN Economic and Social Council.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n The Full Speech of \u00a0SCM\u00a0at the 36th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n The chairman of The\u00a0Independent International Commission\u00a0of Inquiry on the\u00a0Syrian Arab Republic<\/strong><\/p>\n Ladies and Gentlemen:<\/strong><\/p>\n The irresponsibility of the Syrian authorities towards its citizens, and in regards to international law and international humanitarian law, and its perpetration of systematic war crimes and crimes against humanity on a large scale, had severely exacerbated the magnitude and severity of human rights violations in Syria, and was followed by most of the fighting parties.<\/p>\n\nThe Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression thanks the Independent International Commission of Inquiry and stresses its support for the previous recommendations of the Commission, and those brought in its latest report. We particularly highlight the section on the use of chemical weapons by the government forces on 20 occasions of the 25 that were documented by the Commission. After investigation, the Commission concluded \u201cthat there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Syrian forces attacked Khan Sheikhoun with a Sarin bomb, constituting the war crimes of using chemical weapons and of indiscriminate attacks on civilian inhabited areas. Moreover, the Syrian forces\u2019 use of the Sarin gas also violates the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, and also violates UN Security Council resolution 2118 (2013).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n