Who is responsible for the protection of Syrian civilians?

Who is responsible for the protection of Syrian civilians?


clip from article:#SOSHomsNow #Syria Who's responsible? "Principle of " responsibility to protect" could help crystallize international action. ..in theory and practice of international humanitarian law, and is based on the idea that sovereignty is not absolute, but conditioned by other norms and principles. there is no question that international law holds certain crimes to be an affront to the international legal and moral systems. They are called "Mass Atrocity Crimes" and include #Genocide #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity & #EthnicCleansing. There is a shared international responsibility to protect civilian populations against those crimes. While a state first and foremost is responsible for protecting its population from thos crimes, the international community has a responsibility to assist the state if it is unable to protect its population from those Mass Atrocity Crimes, and peaceful measures have failed, the international community has the responsibility to intervene to provide such protection. While military intervention should be the last resort, there is no question that other coercive means could and should be used first, including effective and smart sanctions, economic as well as political. Most urgently, humanitarian assistance under Geneva Conventions and Protocols, the ICRC is the main ower authorized to deliver humanitarian assistance in cases such as the Syrian Conflict. Failure by the Syrian Government to allow the ICRC to provide such assistance is in clear violation of those conventions and should trigger international pressure to ensure its access to Homs and other affected Syrian towns. As a first step, the international community, though the UNSC or otherwise, the ICRC should be allowed to carry out its responsibility in protecting civilians in Syria."

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