Time to Focus on the Victims – on EU Day against Impunity

Trials concerning crimes against humanity, such as the one currently taking place in Koblenz [https://syriaaccountability.org/trial-monitoring/], show that victims of core international crimes often do not know enough

Inside the Raslan Trial #29: “I am not me.”

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 29 Hearing Dates: March 10 & 11, 2021 >>Trial Report 30 Inside the Raslan Trial 29210512_

Inside the Raslan Trial #28: The Al-Gharib Verdict in Detail

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 28 Hearing Date: February 24, 2021 >>Trial Report 29 All reports and

Inside the Raslan Trial #27: Closing Statements in the Al-Gharib Trial

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL-GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 27 Hearing Dates: February 17 & 18, 2021 >>Trial Report 28 Inside the

Foreign Aid and Demographic Change in Northwest Syria

Recent media reports [https://www.syriahr.com/en/214164/] from Northwest Syria have once again raised concerns about the prospect of forced demographic change in the country and the role

Inside the Raslan Trial #26: Was it him or not?

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 26 Hearing Dates: February 3, 2021 >>Trial Report 27 Inside the Raslan

Inside the Raslan Trial #25: A new room raises old concerns about transparency

TRIAL OF ANWAR RASLAN and EYAD AL-GHARIB Higher Regional Court – Koblenz, Germany Trial Monitoring Report 25 Hearing Dates: January 27 & 28, 2021 >>Trial Report 26 Inside the

A Drop in the Ocean: A Preliminary Assessment of the Koblenz Trial on Syrian Torture

*This blog was originally published in Just Security [https://www.justsecurity.org/75849/a-drop-in-the-ocean-a-preliminary-assessment-of-the-koblenz-trial-on-syrian-torture/] .* April 23 marks one year since the start of the trial of two former Syrian intelligence

PRESS RELEASE: SJAC and ICWC present lessons learned (so far) from the world’s first trial against two former Syrian Intelligence employees

“Courts seized of these types of allegations should carefully consider how to engage in public outreach to populations most affected by the alleged crimes, including through interpretation services and providing

Scratching the Surface: One Year into the Koblenz Trial