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Inside the Alaa M. Trial #53: Al-Bunni's Methods Questioned

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #53: Al-Bunni's Methods Questioned

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #53 Hearing Date: August 8, 2023 CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture. Note that this summary is not a verbatim transcript

Recommendations to the Terms of References of the UN Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic

Recommendations to the Terms of References of the UN Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic

On June 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 301/77, which established the “Independent Institution for Missing Persons” and was delegated the task “to clarify the fate

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #52: The Strange Case of Dr. Alaa and Mr. Hyde

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #52: The Strange Case of Dr. Alaa and Mr. Hyde

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #52 Hearing Date: August 1 & 3, 2023 CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture. Note that this summary is not a

Collective Reparations for Victims of ISIS

Collective Reparations for Victims of ISIS

This article was written by Stephany Caro Mejia and originally published in Just Security. Last year Lafarge, a French cement company, agreed to pay the U.S. government a $687

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #51: It's all Greek to me

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #51: It's all Greek to me

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #51 Hearing Date: July 25 & 27, 2023 CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture. Note that this summary is not a

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #50: Confusion and Misunderstandings

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #50: Confusion and Misunderstandings

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #50 Hearing Date: July 18 & 20, 2023 CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture. Note that this summary is not a

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #49: “Are you with us?”

Inside the Alaa M. Trial #49: “Are you with us?”

Higher Regional Court – Frankfurt, Germany Trial Monitoring Summary #49 Hearing Date: July 11 & 13, 2023 CAUTION: Some testimony includes descriptions of torture. Note that this summary is not a

Arrest of a suspected member of a Syrian Government militia on strong suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity

Washington, DC: August/3/2023 German authorities arrested a Syrian suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria. The arrest was based on an investigation by the