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Inside the Alaa M. Trial #27: The wonderland of translation

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #27: The wonderland of translation

TRIAL OF ALAA M. Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #27 Hearing Dates: November 15, 2022 CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture. Note that this summary is

The Captagon Act Explained: Opportunities and Limitations

The Captagon Act Explained: Opportunities and Limitations

On December 23, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included the “Countering Assad’s Proliferation Trafficking And Garnering Of Narcotics Act,

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #26: Crocodile tears

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #26: Crocodile tears

TRIAL OF ALAA M. Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #26 Hearing Dates: November 8 & 10 2022 CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture. Note that this

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #25: Hacking for facts

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #25: Hacking for facts

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #25 Hearing Dates: October 31 & November 3, 2022 CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture. Note that this summary is not

Holding Minors Accountable for Serious Crimes Committed in Syria

Holding Minors Accountable for Serious Crimes Committed in Syria

Part II – Child Perpetrators in SDF and Iraqi Custody Read part I here [https://syriaaccountability.org/holding-minors-accountable-for-serious-crimes-committed-in-syria/] This brief is the second in a two-part series which aims to answer

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #24: Sophistry

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #24: Sophistry

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #24 Hearing Dates: October 18 & 20, 2022 CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture. Note that this summary is not a

Widening the Search for the Missing Victims of ISIS: Idlib and Aleppo

Widening the Search for the Missing Victims of ISIS: Idlib and Aleppo

SJAC has recently expanded the geographic scope of its missing persons program to include formerly ISIS-controlled areas of Idlib and Aleppo governorates. Although SJAC has previously documented cases of forced

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #23: The feeling of losing everything

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #23: The feeling of losing everything

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #23 Hearing Dates: October 10, 11 & 13, 2022 SJAC’s 23rd trial monitoring report details days 35, 36 & 37 of

Inside SJAC’s Open-Source Investigative Team

Inside SJAC’s Open-Source Investigative Team

Over the past ten years, SJAC has used its open-source database software ‘Bayanat’ [https://bayanat.org/] to compile nearly two million videos, interviews, and documents related to the Syrian conflict.

Germany and the Netherlands Must Improve Psychosocial Support for Survivors in Criminal Trials

Germany and the Netherlands Must Improve Psychosocial Support for Survivors in Criminal Trials

The Koblenz Trial – the first major trial against a Syrian government affiliate – took place in Germany from 2020 until 2022. Throughout the proceedings, witnesses and survivors talked in detail about