After visiting the Bashabsheh refugee camp in Jordan, currently hosting 140000 refugees that have escaped the Syrian conflict, British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has stated that there can be "no impunity" for people committing human rights abuses in Syria.

He emphasised that following orders did not excuse officials and others of responsibility for war crimes.

Speaking about human rights abusers, Hague said,

"They must understand that their actions have consequences, that acting on behalf of the regime does not absolve them of responsibility, and that we are committed to doing all that we can to hold them to account.

"As the convictions of Charles Taylor and Thomas Lubanga show, justice has a long memory and long reach."

Hague announced that Britain will increase its support for those that are working to document the crimes committed by the Assad regime against civilians.

The UK has committed itself to training and equipping a further 20 Syrian human rights activists, to add to the 47 that were trained earlier this year.

He also noted that unless China and Russia changed their policy of vetoing sanctions and resolutions on Syria, they would be held increasingly responsible for the progressive death an violence taking place in conflict ridden Syria, which has now been described as a Civil War.

The United Nations has estimated that more than 16,000 people have died since the initial uprising that began 18 months ago.