MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Last week, the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) released the results of a joint inquiry into chemical weapon attacks in Syria in 2014 and 2015 that attributed two attacks to the Syrian government and one attack to the Islamic State jihadist group, outlawed in Russia.
"Now that a UN investigation has officially identified responsibility for several chemical weapon attacks in Syria, the focus should turn to bringing those responsible to account," a statement by Human Rights Watch cited its senior international justice counsel Balkees Jarrah as saying.
The watchdog also called for those responsible for attacks to be prosecuted in the International Criminal Court.
Later on the day, the UNSC will review chemical disarmament in Syria and discuss the OPCW findings.
