UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday (October 10th) again asked the Security Council to formally request that the International Criminal Court (ICC) begin investigations of war crimes in Syria, AFP reported.
Such a request was blocked in 2014 by Russia and China, which have veto powers, but Ban said the council should try again.
"I ask and urge the Security Council to bring this matter to the ICC. I am urging them again," he said.
Describing the situation in Aleppo as "heartbreaking," Ban said he was disappointed that the council failed to take action during a meeting on Saturday when two resolutions were defeated.
Russia vetoed a French-drafted text demanding an end to the aerial bombardment of Aleppo and to military flights over the city while a second measure drafted by Moscow urging a ceasefire was defeated.
On Tuesday, at least 12 civilians, including four children, were killed in the heaviest bombardment in days of opposition-held areas of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
