• Bashar al-Assad is Criminally Responsible for Syria’s COVID-19 Crisis

  While direct casualties resulting from hospital bombing clearly constitute war crimes, indirect casualties of COVID-19 in Syria resulting from the inaccessibility of healthcare may lead to criminal responsibility as the result of coordinated campaigns.

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• Inside the Raslan Trial: The First Insider Witness Testifies

  SJAC’s fifth trial monitoring report detailing days 13 and 14 of the trial of Anwar Raslan and Eyad al Gharib in Koblenz, Germany.

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• Witness or Suspect? The Trial of Anwar Raslan and Eyad Al Gharib

  As the trial of Anwar Raslan and Eyad Al-Gharib enters its fifth month, a recurring issue surrounds the initial police questioning of the Accused. Should Raslan and Al-Gharib’s statements to police be accepted as evidence of guilt?

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• One Year After Banning the Practice, the SDF is Still Recruiting Children

  Child recruitment into combat has been present since the beginning of the conflict in Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), including its dominant faction, the YPG, has been plagued by many accusations of child recruitment in recent years.

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• Two Decades of Violations and The Increased Need for Justice

  In order to understand the Syrian conflict, and more importantly the type of justice processes that are needed, one must understand the full twenty years of Assad’s rule.

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