The Importance of Protecting Mass Graves in Syria
A mass grave in eastern Bosnia. Photo from Wikimedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bosnia_mass_grave.jpg] As Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) advance on Raqqa, Kurdish sources have
Articles & Reports
Coalition Airstrikes in Syria and the Issue of Civilian Harm
Home of activist Wassim Abdo in Tabqa where his family was killed allegedly by US airstrike As the US-led global coalition [http://www.inherentresolve.mil/About-Us/] fights the Islamic State
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
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
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
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’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?
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
Planning for Post-Conflict Governance in Raqqa
On May 9, as part of the effort to take back the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS), the United States decided to arm
ECtHR as an Avenue for Accountability: Possibilities and Constraints
As Russia has, for the time being, closed the door on all available means for international accountability against the Assad government’s atrocities in Syria, human rights groups and lawyers