United Nations Posed to Release Names of War Criminals from Geneva Safe

Investigators from the United Nations are to their wits end when it comes to curbing the growth of misgivings and death from war criminals in Syria. They are now looking to reverse a trend that long has been debated. To bring warning to the war criminals they are being watched, the U.N. is planning to open the Geneva safe and release the names of all alleged war criminals. Since the spring of 2011, more than 200,000 citizens have been killed due to the violence in the nation of unrest. Reportedly, the list would be damaging, because it includes the names of unit commanders who might become targets from other armed groups.

Further yet is the tension of seeing shocking names on the list, such as Syrian President Bashar Assad. It was previously noted war criminals include “the highest level of government.”

The biggest reason for this release is the atrocity of armed groups using children in their path of war and murder. U.N. officials said Syrian children are kidnapped and used as “executioners and as assassins through suicide bombings.” The lists have remained locked up pending due process, but that path has come and gone, U.N. officials say, since there seems to be little regard to reduce war crimes from groups and individuals involved.

U.N. official Vitit Muntarbhorn said the agency is weighing the “pros and cons of whether or not to release the list.” The agency feel their hands are tied at this point, and this final step may help to curb the ever-growing violence.

If officials agree to release the list, it is expected to appear at the United Nations Human Right Council on March 17th, in Geneva.

The war criminals were listed after a review of satellite images and documented evidence linked them to a crime. Currently, there are four lists with names, but the agency may be looking to release just one with all names included.

In the detailed U.N. report published on February 20th, the agency details the evidence collected and the identification of “alleged perpetrators” for release.

Read the detailed report below.
U.N. Report