The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has said that an UN inquiry has shown that officials at the “highest level”, including President Bashar al-Assad, have authorised war crimes and human rights violations in Syria.
A Commission of Inquiry into Syria has produced "massive evidence... [of] very serious crimes, war crimes, crimes against humanity."
Responsibility was to be found "at the highest level of government, including the head of state", Pillay said.
The inquiry also found that rebels were guilty of committing human rights abuses.
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