if you would like to join this discussion online, please use the hashtag #acsyria. we would very much welcome the cosponsorship of the public international law and policy group. the pro bono law firm, whose leaders have participated in a blue-ribbon committee that has forared a discussion paper a tribunal that could ultimately prosecutors syrian tratrocities. the reason we are here today is to hear from a former colleague, whose work i admired it continue to admire very much, ambassador steve rapp. he is the ambassador at large and the department of state of war crimes issues. he heads the office of global criminal justice and has had this job since september, 2009. among other things he has served with the station and prosecutorial roles having to do with atrocities in sierra leone and genocide in rwanda. on a personal note, i will say that from march, 2011, when the syrian crisis began, until september, 2012, when i set aside my own duties of the department of state, steve and i were colleagues in the search for both political transition and accountability in the

if you'd like to join this discussion online, please use the #acsyria. we very much welcome the cosponsorship of the public international law and policy group. a pro bono law firm whose leaders have participated in a blue ribbon committee that has prepared a discussion paper for a forum, a tribunal that could ultimately prosecute syrian atrocitie atrocities. the reason we're here though today is to hear from a former colleague whose work i admire and continue to admire, ambassador steve rap. he's the ambassador at large in the department of state for war crimes issues. he heads the office of global criminal justice and he's had this job since september 2009. among other things, he has served with distinction and pros c , prosecutorial roles with the genocide in ruwanda. in 2011 to september of 2012 when i set aside my own duties at the department of state, steve and i were colleagues in the search for both political transition and accountability in the context of syria. i admired steve's dedication and energy very much. i believe that as a general matter

if you'd like to join this discussion online, please use the hash tag #acsyria. we very much welcome the cosponsorship of the public international law and policy group. a pro bono law firm whose leaders have participated in a blue-ribbon committee that has prepared a discussion paper for a forum, a tribunal that could ultimately prosecute syrian atrocities. the reason we're here, though, today is to hear from a former colleague whose work i admired and continue to admire very much. ambassador steve rapp. steve is the ambassador at large in the department of state for war crimes issues. he heads the office of global criminal justice, and he's had this job since september 2009. among other things, he served with distinction in prosecutorial roles having to do with atrocities in sierra leone and genocide in rwanda. on a personal note, i'll say that from march 2011, when this syria crisis began, until september 2012, when i set aside my own duties at the department of state, steve and i were colleagues in the search for both political transition and accountability in