Two recent cases in Germany raise the question of how to balance the rights of juvenile defendants with the rights of victims to participate in proceedings. The Higher Regional Court
In preparation for the upcoming high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly, SJAC is outlining its advocacy priorities. SJAC hopes that member states will use the opportunity afforded by
We, the families of those kidnapped by ISIS, are writing to the U.S. administration to ask for support in the search for our loved ones. When ISIS entered Northeast
As of this writing, Afghanistan remains in crisis with victims reeling from ISIS-Khoresan’s attacks on civilians and U.S. soldiers at the Kabul airport. Numerous efforts are underway to
The recent imposition of U.S. sanctions on the Turkish-backed armed group Ahrar al-Sharqiya represents a step forward in protecting human rights in northern Syria. Reactions to the sanctions by
Two recent honor killings in Syria’s northeast have ignited public outrage and started a debate about how these murders should be prosecuted in the community. It is nearly impossible
One year after the Beirut blast that killed over 200 people, including Syrian refugees [https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/briefing/2020/8/5f32469f4/beirut-blast-death-toll-includes-dozens-refugees-emergency-response-ramps.html] , Lebanon lacks a functioning
In February of this year, a coalition of Syrian organizations led by survivors and families of the missing in Syria released the new Truth and Justice Charter [https://drive.google.
Caution: This blog post includes descriptions of torture. After one year of pre-trial detention, the German Federal Prosecutor General filed the public indictment against Alaa M. [https://www.generalbundesanwalt.de/
The Syrian government’s latest national budget [https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/2021-budget-reveals-the-depth-of-syrias-economic-woes/] paints a grim picture of the country’s finances. With mounting war debt and a 400%