Navi Pillay implicates Assad for Syria war crimes

The United Nation's human rights chief Navi Pillay has directly implicated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for war crimes in the war-torn country.

Pillay said an inquiry has produced evidence that war crimes were authorised in Syria at the 'highest level', including by Assad.

According to the BBC, Pillay said her office held a list of others implicated by the inquiry.

The fact that serious violations have been committed in Syria is not in doubt, as United Nations investigators have evidence of torture, mass killing and rape, the report said.

Pillay openly suggested Assad may be directly responsible for the violations.

Pillay said that the UN's commission of inquiry into Syria has produced 'massive evidence that very serious crimes, war crimes, crimes against humanity' were carried out in Syria, the report said.

Pillay said the UN commission of inquiry had compiled a list of those believed to be directly responsible for serious human rights violations, it added.