welcome back to worlds apart that with katrina mark you had the authorized mechanism for the investigation and assessment of evidence of crimes committed in syria since march two thousand build up and madam markey the mechanism was created by the un general assembly in the file days of the barack obama's a. and it was allows the month before the inauguration of donald trump has this change of power in the united states a fact that the development of this body in any way i don't think so the general assembly. gave us this mandate the secretary general. shortly thereafter appointed. requested assistance from the high commissioner for human rights to appoint a star to. the secretary general define very quickly the terms of reference and then we started operating shortly after my my nomination so i don't think politics in the us or elsewhere have really affected the development of the budget as far as i know as of late may this year the trumpet ministration was still holding out at the funding. for the mechanism and according to the washington post they may be wrong but this is what i was usin

can do these kinds of crimes be adjudicated in a court of law while to discuss that i'm now joined by katrina my plea will had of the un international impartial and independent mechanism on investigation and prosecution of persons responsible for the most serious crimes under international law committed in syria since march two thousand and eleven by the marquis girl it's great talking. thank you very much for your time and i've been interviewing people in positions of power for quite some time but i have to say this is the longest title i've ever come across twenty one awards not counting articles and positions all to express the idea that this is not exactly the tribunal but it may lead to one is that accurate. what is accurate is that it's not a tribe you know. and it is indeed to assist in the investigating investigation and prosecution of those crimes and of the person that may be found responsible for it but as it is not a tribunals indeed this mechanism has only a sense if it can turn its files or its evidence to tribunals now you call it impartial and independent despite the fact that