Syria: Dutch Legal Action Serving American Master’s Agenda
DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – The Syrian government has berated the Netherlands for launching a new bid through international bodies to hold it responsible for alleged gross human rights violations.
A foreign ministry source quoted by state news agency SANA accused the Netherlands of abusing its position as host of a number of the bodies concerned.
The Dutch government, which is "content to play the role of the low subordinate to the U.S., persists to use the International Court of Justice in The Hague to serve the agendas of its political American master and use it as a platform to exceed the UN and International law,” the ministry source said.
The source accused the Netherlands of doing so "in a flagrant violation of its obligations and commitments as the headquarters state of this international organization”.
The source also highlighted the European country’s record of backing anti-Damascus terror outfits.
"The Netherlands is the last one who has the right to talk about the human rights and the protection of civilians after its big scandal, before the public opinion and the tax-payers, as it supports and finance armed organizations in Syria which are classified by the Netherlands public prosecution as terrorist organizations,” he said.
"The stance of the Netherlands is nothing but a maneuver to camouflage the scandals of that regime and a desperate attempt to get what it couldn’t through its support for terrorist organizations in Syria.”
In a letter addressed to the parliament on Friday, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok announced that a case was being prepared against Syria at the UN’s highest court, seeking to hold the government of President Bashar al-Assad accountable for "gross human rights violations and torture in particular.”
An attempt to refer top Syrian government officials to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for prosecution was blocked by Chinese and Russian vetoes in May 2014.
But the Dutch government said that, if arbitration failed, it would pursue action through an international court, the most likely being the ICJ, also in The Hague.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry source further stressed that Damascus reserves the right to bring to justice the governments and individuals involved in supporting terrorism in Syria, shedding the nation’s blood, destroying the country’s infrastructure and looting its resources.
The Syrian army has been fighting against a host of foreign-backed terrorist groups, which have been wreaking havoc on the country since 2011.
The Assad government has managed to win back control of almost all regions from the militants.
A foreign ministry source quoted by state news agency SANA accused the Netherlands of abusing its position as host of a number of the bodies concerned.
The Dutch government, which is "content to play the role of the low subordinate to the U.S., persists to use the International Court of Justice in The Hague to serve the agendas of its political American master and use it as a platform to exceed the UN and International law,” the ministry source said.
The source accused the Netherlands of doing so "in a flagrant violation of its obligations and commitments as the headquarters state of this international organization”.
The source also highlighted the European country’s record of backing anti-Damascus terror outfits.
"The Netherlands is the last one who has the right to talk about the human rights and the protection of civilians after its big scandal, before the public opinion and the tax-payers, as it supports and finance armed organizations in Syria which are classified by the Netherlands public prosecution as terrorist organizations,” he said.
"The stance of the Netherlands is nothing but a maneuver to camouflage the scandals of that regime and a desperate attempt to get what it couldn’t through its support for terrorist organizations in Syria.”
In a letter addressed to the parliament on Friday, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok announced that a case was being prepared against Syria at the UN’s highest court, seeking to hold the government of President Bashar al-Assad accountable for "gross human rights violations and torture in particular.”
An attempt to refer top Syrian government officials to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for prosecution was blocked by Chinese and Russian vetoes in May 2014.
But the Dutch government said that, if arbitration failed, it would pursue action through an international court, the most likely being the ICJ, also in The Hague.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry source further stressed that Damascus reserves the right to bring to justice the governments and individuals involved in supporting terrorism in Syria, shedding the nation’s blood, destroying the country’s infrastructure and looting its resources.
The Syrian army has been fighting against a host of foreign-backed terrorist groups, which have been wreaking havoc on the country since 2011.
The Assad government has managed to win back control of almost all regions from the militants.