O conflito armado sírio à luz das armas químicas: perspectivas para o conselho de segurança da ONU

Abstract

This paper focuses on the Security Council’s role in the Syrian armed conflict, especially from episodes of use of chemical weapons in the country. It questions to what measures could be adopted by the Council to end the mentioned civil war and the consequences of its continued omission in this regard. The study is important because of the conflict has extend for five years and it’s responsible for the deaths of more than three hundred thousand people, as well it’s assignment of international law to resolve this situation. It starts with the deductive method by hermeneutical procedure of the provisions of the UN Charter, supported by bibliographic and documentary sources. The work is divided into four stages. In the first, the origin and the international regulation of the use of chemical weapons will be displayed. Then, traces of the Syrian armed conflict will be outlined. The third will reveal the context of the use of chemical weapons in this conflagration and measures adopted by the United Nations to prevent such continuity. In the last part, the Security Council possibilities of action to suspend hostilities in Syria will be addressed and the possible reason for its omission, and the likely consequence of his stance. The research can be deduced that, if maintained the stoppage of the Council on the end of this civil war, probably some country will carry out unilateral intervention in Syria, which, besides being prohibited, may give rise to the death of countless civilians. The result will be the attraction of the political responsibility of the Security Council.