Earlier this month, the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) burned the captured Jordanian pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh alive, filmed his execution with cinematic levels of production, and released the
In the year since the Geneva II talks failed to deliver any discernible progress towards a resolution of the conflict, the humanitarian and security situation in Syria has further deteriorated.
Assad in Damascus, January 2015. (Media and Communications Office, Presidency of Syria) In an interview with Foreign Affairs magazine [http://www.foreignaffairs.com/discussions/interviews/syrias-president-speaks] coinciding with the Moscow
As the Syrian crisis enters its fifth year in March, hundreds of thousands arrested on a variety of fraudulent charges languish inside regime prisons, denied due process and deprived of
For Syrians, the findings of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s summary of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program, commonly known as the “CIA Torture Report [http://www.
On November 29, an Egyptian court dismissed [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/11/verdict-due-mubarak-trial-egypt-2014112944228138111.html] charges of conspiracy to murder protesters against former president Hosni Mubarak, while also
Staffan de Mistura, United Nations, Special Envoy for Syria speaks at a his first press conference at Geneva. 10 October 2014. UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré [https://www.flickr.com/photos/
Syria Justice and Accountability Center is currently working to improve [/sexual-and-gender-based-violence-in-conflict-zones/] efforts to effectively document sexual and gender based violence (SGBV), including its documentation strategy and coordination with different types
US Airstrike on ISIL in Syria. Screenshot from CenCom Video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFaBhdwchVI&list=UUNEEHeS9Y2yFVLbWGeHhbYA] Whether used for advocacy or justice, documentation of attacks will
Attention over the past few weeks has centered on ongoing conflicts, including ISIS’s activity in Iraq and the situation in Gaza. In another corner of the globe, however, the