US to back ICC war crimes investigation in Syria

The US indicated that it would back calls to establish a formal UN authorised investigation into Syrian war crimes by the International Criminal Court, reports Foreign Policy.

Analysing the US decision, Foreign Policy concluded:

‘This kind of involvement would make a significant shift for Washington, which has never ratified the Rome Statute establishing the world’s first international criminal court an which has long had a complicated relationship with the institution,”

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