Is prosecuting Assad a better option than Syria strike?
Is prosecuting Assad a better option than Syria strike?
- September 7, 2013
- Tony Smith, political science associate professor, is featured by Yahoo! News and MSN News Canada September 7, 2013
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From CBC News:
As U.S. President Barack Obama continues to drum up support abroad and at home to
“punish” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his alleged “brazen” use of chemical
weapons, some diplomats and policy experts say the crisis calls for a legal solution
rather than a military one. Although Obama discussed Syria with Russian President
Vladimir Putin on Friday, there’s a widening rift between countries supporting the
U.S.-led plans for a military strike on Syria and those that are opposed to it. Tony
Smith, a political science professor at the University of California Irvine, who has
written extensively on war crimes trials, told CBC News that charging Assad at the
International Criminal Court is a better option. “Courts matter, law matters,” said
Smith. “This is the exact right time to have the ICC step up.”
For the full story, please visit http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/09/06/syria-assad-icc-criminal-c....
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