Tribunal on acts of genocide in South Ossetia to be set up
ITAR-TASS, - 11.08.2008

The Council of the Federation Council upper house of parliament adopted at the extraordinary meeting the call to the parliaments and peoples of the world to set up an international tribunal to investigate acts of genocide in South Ossetia, Sergei Mironov, the speaker of the upper house, told reporters on Monday.

He has said the address states that the ruling regime in Georgia “unleashed the unprecedented aggression against South Ossetia”. “Thousands of peaceful people died and are dying as a result of genocide.”

Members of the upper house noted that the Georgian authorities had “violated norms of international law” and that unleashing the conflict on the opening day of the Olympics was “particular cynicism.” They called on the peoples and parliaments to condemn aggression and demand that Georgian armed formations leave the conflict zone, and that an international tribunal for war crimes be set up.

Leaders of the upper house of Russian parliament also made a call for “measures to deal with the humanitarian catastrophe” in South Ossetia.

 

 

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