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The Responsibility of Technology Companies in the Age of Digital Human Rights Documentation

The Responsibility of Technology Companies in the Age of Digital Human Rights Documentation

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Assad’s Son, Math Competitions, and Solving the Syrian Nepotism Equation

Assad’s Son, Math Competitions, and Solving the Syrian Nepotism Equation

On July 17, Hafez Al-Assad, the son of Bashar Al-Assad, participated in the International Math Olympiad competition in Brazil as a member of the Syrian national team. Hafez scored last

International Sanctions Are Not a Substitute for Accountability in Syria

International Sanctions Are Not a Substitute for Accountability in Syria

The Panama Papers showed blacklisted companies and individuals, including Bashar al-Assad’s cousin Rami Makhlouf, bypassing sanctions through dealings with the law firm Mossack Franseca. | Source: Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/

Middle East Eye - The Syrian war crime suspects who could be brought to justice

Middle East Eye - The Syrian war crime suspects who could be brought to justice

James Reinl writes about the importance of the new International, Impartial, and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities in Syria to broadening criminal accountability options with

OpenCanada - In Spain, will a pioneering case bring justice for Syrian victims?

OpenCanada - In Spain, will a pioneering case bring justice for Syrian victims?

Cristina Roca reports on the acceptance of a case in the Spanish national court into alleged crimes of nine senior Syrian government officials against Abdulmuemen Alhaj Hamdo, a truck driver

Sveriges Radio: Syrienkrigets övergrepp dokumenteras för framtiden

Sveriges Radio: Syrienkrigets övergrepp dokumenteras för framtiden

Correspondent Inger Arenander features Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) Executive Director Mohammad Al Abdallah as he explains SJAC’s documentation collection efforts and the role of technology in human

7 Complex Legal Issues SJAC Has Addressed in its Data Analysis

7 Complex Legal Issues SJAC Has Addressed in its Data Analysis

A screenshot of SJAC’s database, Corroborator. SJAC’s Data Analysis team tags, labels, links, and writes descriptions for each actor and piece of documentation in the database according to

Syria Deeply - Long Read: How the Syrian War Changed How War Crimes Are Documented

Syria Deeply - Long Read: How the Syrian War Changed How War Crimes Are Documented

Cristina Roca examines the current landscape of individuals and groups documenting human rights abuses in Syria. Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) Executive Director Mohammad Al Abdallah explains how the

NPR - Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos

NPR - Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos

NPR’s Morning Edition features Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) Executive Director Mohammad Al Abdallah and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Center for Human Rights Science Director Jay Aronson discussing

Al Jazeera English - Could Syria's 'prosecutor without a tribunal' work?

Al Jazeera English - Could Syria's 'prosecutor without a tribunal' work?

James Reinl examines the new International, Impartial, and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) tasked with collecting and preserving evidence of atrocities in Syria that can build cases against perpetrators for referral to