The European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini warned of potential war crimes being committed by the Islamic State (IS) after the fall of the ancient city of Palmyra last week.
"With the reported occupation of the ancient city of Palmyra by [IS], yet again hundreds of people have been killed and thousands more risk to be exposed to arbitrary violent actions and more destructions of cultural sites might be perpetrated," said Ms Mogherini in a statement.
She went on to state that the group’s “mass killings and deliberate destruction of archaeological and cultural heritage in Syria and Iraq amount to a war crime according to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court”.
See her full statement here.
Also see our earlier post:
Destruction of cultural heritage tantamount to war crimes says UNESCO (06 Mar 2015)
"With the reported occupation of the ancient city of Palmyra by [IS], yet again hundreds of people have been killed and thousands more risk to be exposed to arbitrary violent actions and more destructions of cultural sites might be perpetrated," said Ms Mogherini in a statement.
She went on to state that the group’s “mass killings and deliberate destruction of archaeological and cultural heritage in Syria and Iraq amount to a war crime according to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court”.
See her full statement here.
Also see our earlier post:
Destruction of cultural heritage tantamount to war crimes says UNESCO (06 Mar 2015)