Bashar al-Assad's regime was marked by extreme brutality, utilizing chemical weapons and widespread torture against dissenters. Following Assad's ousting by HTS rebels, uncertainty looms over the new leadership's commitment to justice. Although Ahmed al-Sharaa, the interim leader, promises an inclusive government, the judicial system remains tainted by the past. Local justice seems unworkable under the current circumstances, pushing the international community to consider universal jurisdiction as the only feasible route for accountability, echoing historical precedents like the case of Slobodan Milosevic.
Justice is always better if it can be provided locally, but for the time being, the Syrian judicial system cannot deliver. Under Assad, Syria's courts mainly facilitated his extraordinary repression.
Vladimir Putin is much older than Assad and will not be Russia's president forever. Just as in 2001 the Serbian government sent former president Slobodan Milosevic to The Hague.
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