Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10th, 1948, with the support of 48 countries including Syria, enshrines the fundamental and inviolable rights and freedoms of all human beings; Whereas the Syrian Arab Republic is a State Party to the following core international human rights instruments: (1) The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. (2) The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. (3) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. (4) The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. (5) The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. (6) The Convention on the Rights of the Child. (7) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. (8) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography. (9) The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. (10) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. (11) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Whereas significant volumes of publicly accessible information exist indicating that the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, led by the dictator Bashar al-Assad, has violated significant portions of the aforementioned agreements, as well as the Geneva Conventions, during the conflict in Syria that began in 2011 and continues to this day; Whereas the international community has previously established ad hoc tribunals and special courts and other justice mechanisms through the United Nations to bring justice in specific countries where there have been war crimes