IS militants recruit children as fighters, put on public display bodies of those killed

The UN has released a statement in which it has said that Islamic State militants have committed "mass atrocities" in Syria, including the recruitment of children as fighters bbc.com. Investigators have also reported that the IS is waging a campaign of fear in northern Syria by carrying out amputations, public executions and whippings. The bodies of those who are killed are put on public display for several days thereby terrorizing the local population. Other atrocities include women who have been lashed for not abiding by the dress code of the IS. In Raqqa, children as young as 10 are being recruited and trained at IS camps.
Paulo Pinheiro, the chairman of the commission, has warned of grave implications for the entire region.
Moreover, the investigators have accused the Syrian government of using chemical agents in eight separate incidents in western Syria this year.
The Islamic State (IS) is now in control of areas of Syria and is believed to be one of the groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad. Statistics reveal that at least 200,000 have died since the conflict began in early 2011.
The UN findings are the result of six months of interviews and evidence that have been collected between January and July this year as part of an inquiry into human rights violations inside Syria. The period coincides with the growth of the IS group in Syria, which seeks to create an independent Islamic State in an area that stretches across Syria and Iraq.
One of the investigators, Carla del Ponte, has urged world powers to refer Syria's war crimes to the International Criminal Court, calling it an important first step as it was in Rwanda and the Balkans.
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