APPLICATION TO ICC ON BEHALF OF SYRIAN VICTIMS

March 7, 2019

A large number of war crimes have been committed in Syria since March 2011. Millions of women, men and women, have been victimized in various ways. Approximately 600 thousand civilians died. More than 6 million left Syria. Although the victims wanted to seek rights inside and outside Syria during the war period, they could not have this opportunity. Lawsuits could not be brought against the Syrian Regime and those responsible. Since Syria is not a party to the Rome Statute, the foundation document of the ICC, no lawsuit has been filed against the Syrian regime so far. However, the UCM cases of Rohingya refugees, who were forcibly deported from Myanmar to Bangladesh, have been set aside by lawyers, indicating that the same applies to refugees who have been exiled from Syria to UCM to Jordan, by Stoke White Law Firm on March 7, 2017. An application was made to the ICC on behalf of the victims who were their clients. London-based Stoke White lawyers firm applied to the International Criminal Court on behalf of Syrian victims (UCM), demanding a lawsuit against Syrian political, bureaucrats and military officers under war crimes and crimes against humanity. Lawyer Gulden Sonmez is acting as consultant lawyer in this case Syria Victims of War Association in Syria gained the right to search possible with applications, Turkey, Jordan and the other did interviews in some countries, the 1960 Syrian victims lawyers. Following studies and preliminary preparations that lasted for approximately 2.5 years, on March 7, 2019, 1183 (533 Women, 650 Men) applied to the International Criminal Court on behalf of the injured children, raped and tortured women, injured and lost their organs. In the application made to UCM, the victims who had to flee Syria declared the crimes committed by the regime in the file they submitted to the court with their lawyers. Crimes such as killing, using barrel bombs and cluster bombs, massacres made with weapons prohibited to use, unlawful keeping, torture, rape and other sexual assaults, loss, injury, forced deportation, etc. were included in the file. In addition to Beshar Essed, there are some military commanders, intelligence officers, and those responsible for torture in prisons.