War crimes should not be part of any Syria amnesty: UN Human Rights chief

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein speaks to the media on Monday in Geneva

The United Nations has said that there should be no amnesty for people suspected of committing war crimes as talks aimed at ending Syria's war continued to struggle in Geneva.

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the top UN human rights official, maintained on Monday that the deliberate starvation of Syrians was a potential war crime and a crime against humanity that should be prosecuted and not covered by any amnesty that may be agreed as part of a peace deal.

"In the case of Syria, we are there to remind everyone that where there are allegations that reach the threshold of war crimes or crimes against humanity, that amnesties are not permissible," he told reporters in Geneva.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/war-crimes-part-syria-amnesty-160201101602321.html

Prosecuting human rights violations may be a liberal's dream but my guess is that all sides will demand amnesty in order to agree to and implement any agreement.