Canada and the Netherlands take Syria to top UN court

Demonstrators outside the World Court hold pictures of people they say disappeared in Syria (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The Netherlands and Canada are taking Syria’s government to the United Nations’ highest court on Tuesday, accusing Damascus of massive human rights violations against its own people.

Launching the case at the International Court of Justice in June, the two said: “Since 2011, Syrians have been tortured, murdered, sexually assaulted, forcibly disappeared and subjected to chemical weapon attacks on a mass scale.