​​​​​​​HR activist suggests that those injured in Turkish chemical weapons be transferred to credible European hospitals

 A human rights activist suggested transferring the chemical weapons victims of the HPG to Europe and presenting them to credible European activists and hospitals as a means of proving the Turkish state's crimes against Guerrilla.

​​​​​​​HR activist suggests that those injured in Turkish chemical weapons be transferred to credible European hospitals
25 January, 2023   22:12
 Newsdesk - Ahmed Samir

 The Turkish occupation army continues to violate international laws.  By bombing the popular defense areas in Southern Kurdistan with banned chemical weapons, amid silence from the international forces and organizations.

 The People's Defense Forces revealed 3,280 chemical attacks by the Turkish occupation army on its fighters during the year 2022, as 55 fighters were martyred in chemical weapons attacks and banned bombs.

 On December 27, the People's Defense Forces called on the relevant institutions to investigate Turkey's use of chemical weapons, and said: "Whoever wants to come can come, to conduct the investigation, we can provide assistance according to the opportunities available to us."

 The main focus should be that Turkey committed an international violation

 And about how to help conduct an investigation into Turkey's use of chemical weapons, the human rights activist said;  Hemin Haseeb, "The investigation into this case requires a deep plan of action, the main focus of which is that Turkey committed an international violation, which is a violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, which is an international agreement, and Turkey is part of it."

 Iraq's silence is a violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention

 Regarding the obstacles to forming a committee to investigate Turkey's use of chemical weapons by the Iraqi government, noting that these weapons are used on its soil, Haseeb said: "The problem lies in the fact that Iraq is a state that does not have sovereignty, as regional and international interventions have an impact on the decision of the Iraqi government."

 Haseeb stressed, "It is important to raise the issue of Iraqi silence with the international community, because Iraq's silence is itself a violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, and this is important and must be taken into consideration."

 The area is not safe, no one can guarantee the safety of the delegates' lives

He explained the obstacles that stand in the way of delegations coming from abroad to investigate Turkey's use of chemical weapons.

 The Treaty of Rome formulated at the service of nations

 He added, "There is a basic point, which is that international conventions and treaties regarding human rights and international crimes are formulated in a way that serves states, and does not serve peoples who do not have an entity."

 He explained that "the Treaty of Rome, for example, which is the constitution of an international criminal court, is drafted in a way that gives the right to states to join or not to join the treaty. It also stipulates that the court does not interfere in any case classified as international crimes," wondering: "What does that mean?"   It means that it is formulated at the service of states.

 Turkey did not join the treaty and this constitutes an obstacle to the intervention of the International Criminal Court

 Haseeb pointed out that the wording of the Rome Treaty should have obligated the International Criminal Court to investigate any of the international crimes without considering whether the perpetrator country had joined the treaty or not, but in the current form;  Turkey is committing international crimes represented by crimes (genocide, war crimes, crimes of humanity). It has not acceded to this treaty, in order to be an obstacle to the intervention of the International Criminal Court.

 Proposals to transfer the issue to the international arena

 Haseeb suggested that it must be worked out that Turkey committed an international violation, and not that it was used against a people or a group".

 In order to transfer the issue to the international arena, Haseeb said, "The injured must be transferred to Europe as eyewitnesses to the use of chemical weapons, and samples of the soil of that region, and infected and dead animals, must be transferred and presented to activists and organizations through credible European hospitals."

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