Prosecute chemical weapons users at Hague

Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore is correct that the response to chemical weapons in Syria should be through the United Nations.

The same should also have applied in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and elsewhere. The international community could refer the matter to the International Criminal Court, for prosecution at The Hague.

If chemical weapons were used by both sides in the Syrian civil war, then all those responsible should be indicted, thereby reinforcing international law, rather than degrading it, as any unilateral US or ‘coalition of the willing’ attack will do. Irish airspace and Shannon airport should not be used to facilitate US war in the Middle East.